Starfish damage as an indicator of trawling intensity

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 303-307

  Kaiser, Michel J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beam trawl; Fishing intensity; Indicator species; Starfish

Indexed keywords

FISHING INTENSITY; INDICATOR SPECIES; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; STARFISH DAMAGE; TRAWLING;

IRISH SEA;

ASTERIAS RUBENS; ASTROPECTEN IRREGULARIS;

EID: 0029668906     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps134303     Document Type: Article

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