An examination of the spatial scale of impact on the marine benthos arising from marine aggregate extraction in the central English Channel

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Boyd, S E ^a   Rees, H L ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregate extraction; Dredging; English Channel; Macrofauna; Recolonisation

Indexed keywords

DREDGING METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE APPLICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUCTION DREDGER;

BENTHOS; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RECOLONIZATION;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

EID: 0041989806     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00313-X     Document Type: Article

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