The impact of fish trawls on megabenthos (sponges) on the north-west shelf of Australia

Fisheries Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-151

  Wassenberg, T J ^a   Dews, G ^a   Cook, S D ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effects; Gorgonians; Impacts; Megabenthos; Sponges; Trawling

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MACROBENTHOS; SPONGE; TRAWLING;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

CARNIVORA; GORGONACEA;

EID: 0036837811     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(01)00382-4     Document Type: Article

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