Short-term impact of blue mussel dredging (Mytilus edulis L.) on a benthic community

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 465, Issue , 2001, Pages 115-127

  Dolmer, P ^a   Kristensen, T ^a   Christiansen, M L ^a   Petersen, M F ^a   Kristensen, P S ^a   Hoffmann, E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effects; Benthic fauna; Commercial and experimental dredging; Crangon crangon; Dependent treated and control areas; Experiment design; Impact study; Infauna; Mussel condition; Mussel dredging; Mussel growth multivariate analysis; Mytilus edulis; Seabed topography; Sediment organic content; Sediment texture; Short term impact; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FISHERIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

MUSSEL BEDS;

DREDGING;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DREDGING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MOLLUSC;

DENMARK;

BIVALVIA; CRANGON; CRANGON CRANGON; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0035731634     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014549026157     Document Type: Article

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