Effects of physical trawling disturbance in a previously unfished sheltered Scottish sea loch

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 162, Issue , 1998, Pages 227-242

  Tuck, Ian D ^a   Hall, Stephen J ^a,b   Robertson, Mike R ^a   Armstrong, Eric ^a   Basford, David J ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community dynamics; Fishing disturbance; Physical disturbance; Trawling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032509958     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps162227     Document Type: Article

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