ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts

(1971+)

This database provides extensive coverage of basic and applied research on aquatic organisms. All aspects of marine, freshwater and brackish water organisms and environments are examined, including information on biology and ecology of aquatic organisms, exploitation of living resources and related legal, policy and socioeconomic issues. It indexes over 5,000 serial publications, books, reports, conference proceedings, translations and limited distribution literature.

The database includes the following subfiles:

  • Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) Aquaculture Abstracts
  • Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) Marine Biotechnology Abstracts
  • Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
  • Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 2: Ocean Technology, Policy & Non-Living Resources
  • Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality
  • Oceanic Abstracts
  • ProQuest Deep Indexing: Aquatic Sciences

Subject coverage: aquaculture, aquatic organisms, aquatic pollution, brackish water environments, conservation, environmental quality, fisheries, freshwater environments, limnology, marine biotechnology, marine environments, meteorology, oceanography, policy and legislation, wildlife management

Update frequency: monthly
Location: Web (remote access available)