The impacts of shrimp farming on land-use and carbon storage around Puttalam lagoon, Sri Lanka

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-28

  Bournazel, Jil ^a   Kumara, Marappullige Priyantha ^b   Jayatissa, Loku Pulukuttige ^c   Viergever, Karin ^d   Morel, Véronique ^d   Huxham, Mark ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ocean University   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^d Ecometrica   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem carbon stock changes; Land cover changes; Mangrove; Shrimp aquaculture; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CARBON CAPTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; LAKES; LAND USE;

ECOSYSTEM CARBONS; LAND-COVER CHANGE; MANGROVE; SHRIMP AQUACULTURE; SRI LANKA;

SHELLFISH;

AQUACULTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVERGREEN TREE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; MANGROVE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRIMP CULTURE; SPOT;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; LAND USE; SRI LANKA;

NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA]; PUTTALAM LAGOON; SRI LANKA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84930207525     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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