Recovery rates of UK seabed habitats after cessation of aggregate extraction

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 390, Issue , 2009, Pages 15-26

  Foden, Jo ^a   Rogers, Stuart ^b   Jones, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological recovery; Geographical Information Systems; GIS; Marine aggregate extraction Physical recovery; Marine landscapes; Trawling; UK

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOPHYSICS; DREDGING; GIS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEAFLOOR; SHALLOW WATER; TRAWLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349548918     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08169     Document Type: Article

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