Inclusion of discard assessment indicators in fisheries life cycle assessment studies. Expanding the use of fishery-specific impact categories

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 535-549

  Vázquez Rowe, Ian ^a   Moreira, M Teresa ^a   Feijoo, Gumersindo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discards; Fishery; Global discard index; Impact categories; LCA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84865132853     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-012-0395-x     Document Type: Article

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