Trawl-induced bottom disturbances off the south coast of Portugal: Direct observations by the 'Delta' manned-submersible on the Submarine Canyon of Portimão

Marine Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 112-122

  Morais, Paulo ^a   Borges, Teresa C ^a   Carnall, Vera ^a   Terrinha, Pedro ^b   Cooper, Christopher ^c   Cooper, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Algarve; Benthic communities; Bottom trawl; Physical disturbance; Portim o canyon; Submersible

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BYCATCH; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; FISHING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMERSIBLE; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF CADIZ; PORTIMAO CANYON; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CRUSTACEA;

EID: 34548782730     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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