Micro-scale distribution of beam trawl effort in the southern North Sea between 1993 and 1996 in relation to the trawling frequency of the sea bed and the impact on benthic organisms

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 403-419

  Rijnsdorp, A D ^a   Buys, A M ^a   Storbeck, F ^a   Visser, E G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beam trawling; Benthos; Ecosystem effects; Effort distribution

Indexed keywords

PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032104642     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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