Effect of deepwater trawling on the macro-invertebrate assemblages of seamounts on the Chatham Rise, New Zealand

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1540-1554

  Clark, Malcolm R ^a   Rowden, Ashley A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Benthic assemblages; Effects of fishing; Seamount; Seamount management; Trawling impacts

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGES; EFFECTS OF FISHING; SEAMOUNT; SEAMOUNT MANAGEMENT; TRAWLING IMPACTS;

CAMERAS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; MINING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OCEAN HABITATS;

FISHERIES;

BENTHOS; DEEP WATER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MINING; SEAMOUNT; TRAWLING; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

CHATHAM RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; HOPLOSTETHUS ATLANTICUS; INVERTEBRATA; MADREPORA OCULATA; SCLERACTINIA; SOLENOSMILIA VARIABILIS;

EID: 67649656112     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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