Can bottom trawling indirectly diminish carrying capacity in a marine ecosystem?

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2375-2381

  Shephard, Samuel ^a   Brophy, Deirdre ^a   Reid, David G ^b  

^a Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; BOTTOM TRAWLING; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CRUSTACEAN; ECHINODERM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA;

BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERMATA; PISCES; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77958005400     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1502-9     Document Type: Article

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