Immediate and longer-term impacts of hydraulic clam dredging on an offshore sandy seabed: Effects on physical habitat and processes of recovery

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 14-15, 2003, Pages 1315-1336

  Gilkinson, K D ^a   Fader, G B J ^b   Gordon Jr , D C ^c   Charron, R ^d   McKeown, D ^c   Roddick, D ^c   Kenchington, E L R ^c   MacIsaac, K ^c   Bourbonnais, C ^c   Vass, P ^c   Liu, Q ^d  

^a NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^d Guigne International Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experiment; Habitat recovery; Hydraulic clam dredging; Physical effects

Indexed keywords

CLAM CULTURE; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIAN SHELF;

BIVALVIA; CYRTODARIA; CYRTODARIA SILIQUA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA; SILIQUA;

EID: 0141940741     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(03)00123-7     Document Type: Article

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