An investigation of the cumulative impacts of shrimp trawling on mud-bottom fishing grounds in the Gulf of Maine: effects on habitat and macrofaunal community structure

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1616-1630

  Simpson, Anne W ^a   Watling, Les ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

fishing disturbance; fishing impacts; habitat structure; macrofaunal community structure; trawling impacts

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISHING GEAR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; SEDIMENT; SHRIMP CULTURE; TRAWLING; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LOBSTER; OPHIURA SARSI; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 33750610183     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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