Functional changes as indicators of trawling disturbance on a benthic community located in a fishing ground (NW Mediterranean Sea)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 334, Issue , 2007, Pages 117-129

  De Juan, S ^a   Thrush, S F ^b   Demestre, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Commercial fishing; Ecosystem based management; Functional traits; Rarity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARINE SEDIMENT; TRAWLING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 34247499925     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps334117     Document Type: Article

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