World Aquaculture: Environmental Impacts and Troubleshooting Alternatives

Aquaculture has been considered as an option to cope with the world food demand. However, criticisms have arisen around aquaculture, most of them related to the destruction of ecosystems such as mangrove forest to construct aquaculture farms, as well as the environmental impacts of the effluents on...

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Main Authors: Marcel Martinez-Porchas, Luis R. Martinez-Cordova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/389623