Accounting for overfishing in life cycle assessment: New impact categories for biotic resource use

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1156-1168

  Emanuelsson, Andreas ^a,b   Ziegler, Friederike ^a   Pihl, Leif ^b   Sköld, Mattias ^c   Sonesson, Ulf ^a  

^a SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Life cycle impact assessment; Lost potential yield; Maximum sustainable yield; Overfishing; Seafood life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LOST POTENTIAL YIELD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; OVERFISHEDNESS OF BIOMASS; OVERFISHING THROUGH FISHING MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84902656895     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-013-0684-z     Document Type: Article

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