Predictive depositional modelling (DEPOMOD) of the interactive effect of current flow and resuspension on ecological impacts beneath salmon farms

Aquaculture Environment Interactions

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 275-291

  Keeley, N B ^a,b   Cromey, C J ^c   Goodwin, E O ^a   Gibbs, M T ^d   Macleod, C M ^b  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c SV 'Whanake' ^*  (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^d AECOM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Benthic; Biodeposition; Depomod; Depositional modelling; Dispersive; Enrichment; Marlborough Sounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878897898     PISSN: 1869215X     EISSN: 18697534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/aei00068     Document Type: Article

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