Mortality in megafaunal benthic populations caused by trawl fisheries on the Dutch continental shelf in the North Sea in 1994

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1321-1331

  Bergman, Magda J N ^a   Van Santbrink, Jan W ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Direct mortality of trawling; Fishing mortality; Impact of beam trawling; Impact of otter trawling; Megafauna

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MORTALITY; TRAWLING; ZOOBENTHOS;

NORTH SEA;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; BIVALVIA; CARNIVORA; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034494454     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2000.0917     Document Type: Conference Paper

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