Trawling disturbance can modify benthic production processes

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 459-475

  Jennings, Simon ^a   Dinmore, Tracy A ^a   Duplisea, Daniel E ^a   Warr, Karema J ^a   Lancaster, John E ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Beam trawling; Fishing effects; P:B ratios; Phylogeny; Size spectra

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; TRAWLING;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0034997204     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2001.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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