A comparison of demersal communities in an area closed to trawling with those in adjacent areas open to trawling: A study in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia

Fisheries Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 64-74

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

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demersal communities; Ecosystem management; Environmental impacts of trawling; Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; Marine ecosystems

Indexed keywords

DEMERSAL FISH; FAUNA; FISHING; HABITAT; SEDIMENT; TRAWLING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK; QUEENSLAND;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 33646816384     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2005.11.025     Document Type: Article

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