The impact of scallop drags on sea urchin populations and benthos in the Bay of Fundy, Canada

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 465, Issue , 2001, Pages 103-114

  Robinson, S M C ^a   Bernier, S ^a   MacIntyre, A ^a  

^a ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bay of Fundy; Dragging; Dredging; Impacts; Sea urchins; Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; HARVESTING; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

DRAGGING EVENTS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERY; FISHING GEAR; HARVESTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

COTTIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; LAMINARIA; LOBSTER; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 0035732292     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014561429791     Document Type: Article

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