Impacts of bottom trawling on deep-coral ecosystems of seamounts are long-lasting

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 397, Issue , 2009, Pages 279-294

  Althaus, F ^a   Williams, A ^a   Schlacher, T A ^b   Kloser, R J ^a   Green, M A ^a   Barker, B A ^a   Bax, N J ^a   Brodie, P ^a   Schlacher Hoenlinger, M A ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Deep sea corals; Fishing; Recovery; Seamounts; Trawling impacts

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TRAWLING; CORAL REEF; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAMOUNT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA; SOLENOSMILIA VARIABILIS;

EID: 74049126956     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08248     Document Type: Article

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