Turbulent, stratified flow through a suspended shellfish canopy: Implications for mussel farm design

Aquaculture Environment Interactions

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-104

  Stevens, Craig L ^a   Petersen, Jens Kjerulf ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Dansk Skaldyrcenter ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Heterogeneity; Marine canopy; Mixing; Shellfish; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857752565     PISSN: 1869215X     EISSN: 18697534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/aei00033     Document Type: Article

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