Measurement of the rate of depletion of benthic fauna by prawn (shrimp) otter trawls: An experiment in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Fisheries Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 237-253

  Burridge, C Y ^a   Pitcher, C R ^a   Wassenberg, T J ^a   Poiner, I R ^a   Hill, B J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beta distribution; Maximum likelihood; Repeat trawl experiments; Seabed habitat disturbance; Trawl depletion of benthos

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BOTTOM TRAWLING; DISTURBANCE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; ASCIDIACEA; CARNIVORA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; GASTROPODA; GORGONACEA; LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0037314265     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(02)00179-0     Document Type: Article

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