Effects on the ecological integrity of a soft-bottom habitat from a trawling disturbance

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 456, Issue , 2001, Pages 73-85

  Sparks McConkey, Pamela J ^a   Watling, Les ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY   (United States)

^b Ira C Darling Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Geo chemical; Nemerteans; Predator; Soft bottom; Trawling

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; SUBSTRATES;

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; TRAWLING; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANOBOTHRUS; ANOBOTHRUS GRACILIS; BIVALVIA; CEREBRATULUS LACTEUS; CHAETOZONE; CHAETOZONE SETOSA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENNUCULA; ENNUCULA ANNULATA; EUCHONE INCOLOR; INVERTEBRATA; NEMERTEA; NEMERTEANS; POLYCHAETA; TEREBELLIDES ATLANTIS; THYASIRA FIEXUOSA; THYASIRA FLEXUOSA; YOLDIA SAPOTILLA;

EID: 0035880188     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013071629591     Document Type: Conference Paper

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