Carbon footprint analysis of goose barnacle (Pollicipes pollicipes) collection on the Galician coast (NW Spain)

Fisheries Research

Volumn 143, Issue , 2013, Pages 191-200

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Galicia; Goose barnacles; Seafood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875101445     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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