A quantitative analysis of fishing impacts shelf-sea benthos

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 785-798

  Collie, Jeremy S ^a   Hall, Stephen J ^b   Kaiser, Michel J ^c   Poiner, Ian R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic organisms; Fishing impact; Habitat disturbance; Meta analysis; Predictive models

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; FISHING INDUSTRY; TRAWLING;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0033794898     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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