Use of chemicals and biological products in Asian aquaculture and their potential environmental risks: A critical review

Reviews in Aquaculture

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-93

  Rico, Andreu ^a   Satapornvanit, Kriengkrai ^b   Haque, Mohammad M ^c   Min, Jiang ^d   Nguyen, Phuong T ^e   Telfer, Trevor C ^f   van den Brink, Paul J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Aquatic ecosystems; Asia; Chemicals; Environmental risk assessment; Pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862225321     PISSN: 17535123     EISSN: 17535131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-5131.2012.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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