Ecosystem concepts for sustainable bivalve mariculture [electronic resource] / Committee on Best Practices for Shellfish Mariculture and the Effects of Commercial Activities in Drakes Estero, Pt. Reyes National Seashore, California, Ocean Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council. - Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2010. - x, 179 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-169).

Introduction -- Best management practices and performance standards -- Ecological effects of bivalve mariculture -- Bivalve mariculture contrasted with wild fisheries -- Carrying capacity and bivalve mariculture -- Economic and policy factors affecting bivalve mariculture -- Ecosystem services of bivalves : implications for restoration.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.




Bivalve culture--United States.
Bivalve culture--Management.--United States
Mariculture--United States.
Shellfish fisheries--Management.--United States


Electronic books.

SH365.A3 / E26 2010