Resuspension of sediment by bottom trawling in the Gulf of Maine and potential geochemical consequences

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1223-1229

  Pilskaln, Cynthia H ^a   Churchill, James H ^b   Mayer, Lawrence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TRAWLING; GEOCHEMISTRY; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032442601     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.0120061223.x     Document Type: Article

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