Expanding Shellfish Aquaculture: A Review of the Ecological Services Provided by and Impacts of Native and Cultured Bivalves in Shellfish-Dominated Ecosystems

Shellfish Aquaculture and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 239-295

  Coen, Loren D ^a   Dumbauld, Brett R ^b   Judge, Michael L ^c  

^a Hatfield Marine Science Center ^*  (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture and structure paralleling; Crassostrea and Mytilus reef forming shellfish; Finfish aquaculture; Habitat forming bivalve species; Oyster reef habitats; Seaweed and bivalve products; Shellfish aquaculture expansion; Shellfish habitats and epifauna; Shellfish generated reefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883436938     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470960967.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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