Seamount benthic macrofauna off southern Tasmania: Community structure and impacts of trawling

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 213, Issue , 2001, Pages 111-125

  Koslow, J A ^a   Gowlett Holmes, K ^a   Lowry, J K ^b   O'Hara, T ^c   Poore, G C B ^c   Williams, A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthos; Community structure; Impacts of trawling; Seamount

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MACROBENTHOS; SEAMOUNT; TRAWLING;

TASMAN SEA;

HOPLOSTETHUS ATLANTICUS; SOLENOSMILIA VARIABILIS;

EID: 0035804612     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps213111     Document Type: Article

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