Cumulative impacts of aggregate extraction on seabed macro-invertebrate communities in an area off the east coast of the United Kingdom

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 288-302

  Cooper, Keith ^a   Boyd, Siân ^a   Aldridge, John ^a   Rees, Hubert ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregate dredging; Cumulative impacts; Macrofauna; North Sea

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; DREDGING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLYCHAETE; SEAFLOOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREAT YARMOUTH; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA; SABELLARIA SPINULOSA;

EID: 34147163459     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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