The influence of prawn trawling on sessile benthic assemblages in Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 517-526

  Tanner, Jason E ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; PERSISTENCE; RECRUITMENT; REMOTE SENSING; TRAWLING;

GULF SAINT VINCENT; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10844268863     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F03-044     Document Type: Article

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