Repairing Australia's estuaries for improved fisheries production - What benefits, at what cost?

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 493-507

  Creighton, Colin ^a   Boon, Paul I ^b   Brookes, Justin D ^c   Sheaves, Marcus ^d  

^a Fisheries Research and Development Corporation   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biodiversity; coasts; embayments; repair.

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE ORGANISM; FISHERY PRODUCTION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

CRUSTACEA;

EID: 84927564274     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF14041     Document Type: Article

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