Long-term indirect effects of mechanical cockle-dredging on intertidal bivalve stocks in the Wadden Sea

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 976-990

  Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   Koolhaas, Anita ^a   Dekinga, Anne ^a   Beukema, Jan J ^a   Dekker, Rob ^a   Essink, Karel ^c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BACI; Benthic communities; Conservation; Fishery; Soft sediments; Spatfall

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; DREDGING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC;

WADDEN SEA;

EID: 0034780843     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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