Recovery of UK seabed habitats from benthic fishing and aggregate extraction-Towards a cumulative impact assessment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 411, Issue , 2010, Pages 259-270

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregate extraction; Cumulative effects; Fishing intensity; Marine habitats; Recovery; Towed bottom fishing; UK seabed; Vessel monitoring system

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; DREDGING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EXTRACTION METHOD; FISHING GEAR; GIS; GRAVEL; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HARDNESS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MONITORING SYSTEM; SEAFLOOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAWLING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CARNIVORA;

EID: 77955883448     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08662     Document Type: Article

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