Experimental determination of the effects of light limitation from suspended bag oyster (Crassostrea virginica) aquaculture on the structure and photosynthesis of eelgrass (Zostera marina)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 459, Issue , 2014, Pages 169-180

  Skinner, Marc A ^a   Courtenay, Simon C ^a   McKindsey, Christopher W ^b   Carver, Claire E ^c   Mallet, André L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Mallet Research Services Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Crassostrea virginica; Eelgrass; Light; Pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AQUACULTURE; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; OYSTER CULTURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEAGRASS; SEEDLING;

EID: 84902316697     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2014.05.012     Document Type: Article

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