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PREFERRED TERM

Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

brackishwater aquaculture  

DEFINITION

  • By brackishwater aquaculture is understood the cultivation of aquatic organisms where the end product is raised in brackishwater, such as estuaries, coves, bays, lagoons and fjords, in which the salinity may lie or generally fluctuate between 0.5‰ and full strength seawater.

    Created: 6/16/23

    (en)

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ENTRY TERMS

  • Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

    brackishwater culture (en)

  • Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

    estuarine aquaculture (en)

SCOPE NOTE

  • Referring to culture of fish and other aquatic organisms in coastal lagoons, deltas, estuaries and mangrove swamps (en)

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