Effects of fishing disturbance on benthic communities and secondary production within an intensively fished area

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 394, Issue , 2009, Pages 201-213

  Reiss, Henning ^a,b   Greenstreet, Simon P R ^c   Sieben, Katrin ^a,b   Ehrich, Siegfried ^d   Piet, Gerjan J ^e   Quirijns, Floor ^e   Robinson, Leonie ^f   Wolff, Wim J ^c   Kröncke, Ingrid ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic production Species diversity; Ecosystem functioning; Ecosystem management; Fishing impact; North Sea

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; HABITAT QUALITY; INTENSIVE CULTURE; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 71849090382     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08243     Document Type: Article

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