Zebra mussel farming in the Szczecin (Oder) Lagoon: Water-quality objectives and cost-effectiveness

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Schernewski, Gerald ^a   Stybel, Nardine ^b   Neumann, Thomas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b EUCC The Coastal Union Germany   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea Action Plan; Coastal ecosystem; Cost benefit analysis; ERGOM; Eutrophication; Marginal costs; Mussel farming; Nitrogen; Oder Lagoon; Oder River; Phosphorus; Szczecin Lagoon; Water Framework Directive; Water management; Water quality; Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; EUTROPHICATION; LAGOON; MUSSEL CULTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

POLAND; SZCZECIN LAGOON; ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE;

DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 84864487650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04644-170204     Document Type: Article

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