Effects of trawling on seafloor habitat and associated invertebrate taxa in the Gulf of Alaska

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 182, Issue , 1999, Pages 119-126

  Freese, Lincoln ^a   Auster, Peter J ^b   Heifetz, Jonathan ^a   Wing, Bruce L ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Invertebrate bycatch; Mobile fishing gear; Occupied submersible; Seafloor habitat; Trawling impacts

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT QUALITY; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SEAFLOOR; TRAWLING;

GULF OF ALASKA;

EID: 0033546294     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps182119     Document Type: Article

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