Effects of experimental otter trawling on surficial sediment properties of a sandy-bottom ecosystem on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1215-1222

  Schwinghamer, Peter ^a   Gordon Jr , Donald C ^b   Rowell, Terence W ^b   Prena, Jens ^b   Mckeown, David L ^b   Sonnichsen, G ^c   Guigne J Y ^d  

^a NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d Guigne International Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; TRAWLING;

EID: 0032438708     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.0120061215.x     Document Type: Article

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