Impacts of trawling on the diversity, biomass and structure of meiofauna assemblages

Marine Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-93

  Schratzberger, M ^a   Dinmore, T A ^a   Jennings, S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; MEIOFAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRAWLING;

NORTH SEA;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036941767     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270100688     Document Type: Article

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