Benthic disturbance by fishing gear in the Irish Sea: A comparison of beam trawling and scallop dredging

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 269-285

  Kaiser, M J ^a   Hill, A S ^b   Ramsay, K ^c   Spencer, B E ^a   Brand, A R ^b   Veale, L O ^b   Prudden, K ^b   Rees, E I S ^c   Munday, B W ^d   Ball, B ^e   Hawkins, S J ^f  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; NEPHROPS;

BEAM TRAWLING; BENTHOS; FISHING; FISHING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SCALLOP DREDGING;

IRISH SEA;

EID: 0030390659     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0755(199612)6:4<269::aid-aqc202>3.0.co;2-c     Document Type: Conference Paper

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