About ASFA: Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts

Subject
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) is the premier abstracting & indexing database in aquatic science.

ASFA contains over 1,200,878 records as of January 2008. Major areas of coverage include: --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

Sources
More than 5,000 Serial publications, books, reports, conference proceedings, translations and limited distribution literature are selected for abstracting and indexing in ASFA. Although primarily English language, publications represent over 40 other languages from around the world. Serials list. 

Coverage
1971 - current. Note: There are several hundred records published before 1971.

Monthly update, with approximately 3,700 new records added.

Provider
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

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Access
NSU faculty, students and staff:  On campus and remote access.
Registered Broward patrons: On campus access only.
General Public: Walk in access within the library.

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Revised: 01/11/2008