Disturbance of the marine benthic habitat by commercial fishing: Impacts at the scale of the fishery

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 866-879

  Thrush, S F ^a   Hewitt, J E ^a   Cummings, V J ^a   Dayton, P K ^b   Cryer, M ^a   Turner, S J ^a   Funnell, G A ^a   Budd, R G ^a   Milburn, C J ^a   Wilkinson, M R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Benthic community structure cf. fishing pressure; Broad scale changes; Broad scale effects; Fishing impacts; Habitat disturbance; Habitat disturbance by commercial fishing; Marine benthic habitats; New Zealand, Hauraki Gulf

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISHING INDUSTRY; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE;

HAURAKI GULF; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ECHINOCARDIUM AUSTRALE; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0031928639     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0866:DOTMBH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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