Effects of a large fishing closure on benthic communities in the western Gulf of Maine: Recovery from the effects of gillnets and otter trawls

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 308-317

  Grizzle, Raymond E ^a   Ward, Larry G ^b   Mayer, Larry A ^a   Malik, Mashkoor A ^a   Cooper, Andrew B ^c   Abeels, Holly A ^d   Greene, Jennifer K ^e   Brodeur, Melissa A ^f   Rosenberg, Andrew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^f Research and Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 68049106101     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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