Effects of mussel farms on the benthic nitrogen cycle on the swedish west Coast

Aquaculture Environment Interactions

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-191

  Carlsson, Marita Sundstein ^a,b   Engström, Pia ^c   Lindahl, Odd ^d   Ljungqvist, Lars ^e   Petersen, Jens Kjerulf ^f   Svanberg, Linda ^g   Holmer, Marianne ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Danish Shellfish Centre   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benthic mineralization; Denitrification; Mussel farm; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863208974     PISSN: 1869215X     EISSN: 18697534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/aei00039     Document Type: Article

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