Responses of benthic scavengers to fishing disturbance by towed gears in different habitats

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-89

  Ramsay, Kirsten ^a,b   Kaiser, Michel J ^b   Hughes, Roger N ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The Centre for Environment   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding behaviour; Fishing disturbance; Habitat differences; Scavengers

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; DISTURBANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; SCAVENGER; TRAWLING;

ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHING; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR;

UK, WALES, GWYNEDD, ANGLESEY;

ASTERIAS RUBENS; ASTEROIDEA; BUCCINUM UNDATUM; DECAPODA; GASTROPODA; LIOCARCINUS DEPURATOR; OPHIURA OPHIURA; OPHIUROIDEA; PAGURAS BERNHARDUS; PAGURUS BERNHARDUS;

EID: 0032104795     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00170-6     Document Type: Article

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