Significance of bottom-fishing disturbance

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1230-1235

  Kaiser, Michel J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BOTTOM TRAWLING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 0032442479     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.0120061230.x     Document Type: Article

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