Impact of discards of beam trawl fishing on the nematode community from the Tagus estuary (Portugal)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1728-1736

  Franco, M A ^a,b   Steyaert, M ^a   Cabral, H N ^b   Tenreiro, R ^b   Chambel, L ^b   Vincx, M ^a   Costa, M J ^b   Vanaverbeke, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Crangon crangon; Nematodes; Sabatieria; Tagus estuary

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ESTUARIES; FISHERIES; NONMETALS; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BLACK SPOTS; BYCATCH; CRANGON CRANGON; NEMATODE COMMUNITIES; NEMATODES; OPPOSITE TREND; PORTUGAL; POST-DEPOSITION; SABATIERIA; SEDIMENT CORES; SEDIMENT SURFACE; SURFACE LAYERING; TAGUS ESTUARY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

SEDIMENTATION;

ADAPTATION; BYCATCH; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; NEMATODE; OXYGEN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFIDE; TRAWLING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ARTICLE; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PORTUGAL; SHRIMP; TRAWL FISHERY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHERIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEMATODA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PORTUGAL; RIVERS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY;

CRANGON CRANGON; DAPTONEMA; METACHROMADORA; NEMATODA; SABATIERIA; TERSCHELLINGIA;

EID: 52949136627     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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