Life cycle assessment of the Maine and southwest Nova Scotia lobster industries

Fisheries Research

Volumn 172, Issue , 2015, Pages 385-400

  Driscoll, John ^a   Boyd, Catherine ^a   Tyedmers, Peter ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bait; Fisheries; Fuel; Life cycle assessment; Lobster

Indexed keywords

HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 84940046026     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.08.007     Document Type: Article

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