The effects of marine sand and gravel extraction on the macrobenthos at a commercial dredging site (results 6 years post-dredging)

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-162

  Boyd, S E ^a   Limpenny, D S ^a   Rees, H L ^a   Cooper, K M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregate extraction; Dredging; Impacts; North Sea; Recolonization

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; DISTURBANCE; DREDGING; RECOLONIZATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 13844276505     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.11.014     Document Type: Article

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