Impacts of trawling disturbance on the trophic structure of benthic invertebrate communities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 213, Issue , 2001, Pages 127-142

  Jennings, Simon ^a   Pinnegar, John K ^b   Polunin, Nicholas V C ^b   Warr, Karema J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beam trawling; Benthic epifauna; Benthic infauna; Community structure; Fishing effects; Food webs; North Sea; Stable isotopes; Trophic relationships

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EPIFAUNA; TRAWLING; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

(CENTRAL); NORTH SEA;

EID: 0035804605     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps213127     Document Type: Article

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