Ecosystem modelling for ecosystem-based management of bivalve aquaculture sites in data-poor environments

Aquaculture Environment Interactions

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-133

  Filgueira, R ^a,c   Grant, J ^a   Stuart, R ^b   Brown, M S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Science Branch ^*  (Canada)

^c GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Carrying capacity; Ecological modelling; Ecosystem based management; Fully spatial model; Marine spatial planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880991771     PISSN: 1869215X     EISSN: 18697534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/aei00078     Document Type: Article

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