Comments on 'Prospects for the use of macroalgae for fuel in Ireland and UK: An overview of marine management issues'

Marine Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 554-556

  Hughes, Adam D ^a   Black, Kenneth D ^a   Campbell, Iona ^a   Heymans, Johanna J ^a   Orr, Kyla K ^a   Stanley, Michele S ^a   Kelly, Maeve S ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Macroalgae governance

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CULTIVATION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MACROALGA; MARINE POLICY; SEAWEED; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84890174739     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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