Measuring the potential for sustainable intensification of aquaculture in Bangladesh using life cycle assessment

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 2958-2963

  Henriksson, Patrik John Gustav ^a,b   Belton, Ben ^c   Murshed E Jahan, Khondker ^a,d   Rico, Andreu ^e  

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center   (Bangladesh)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Fish; Life cycle assessment; Seafood; Sustainable intensification

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUACULTURE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PISCICULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BENCHMARKING; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; FISH; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BANGLADESH; BENCHMARKING; COMMERCE; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 85044258254     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1716530115     Document Type: Article

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