Detecting Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in the Southern Ocean using research trawls and underwater imagery

Marine Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 732-736

  Jones, Christopher D ^a   Lockhart, Susanne J ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic benthic invertebrates; Fisheries management; Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TRAWLING; CORAL; DETECTION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATURE CONSERVATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPONGE; THRESHOLD; VULNERABILITY;

ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHOZOA; ASCIDIACEA; BRYOZOA; DEMOSPONGIAE; HEXACTINELLIDA; INVERTEBRATA; SCLERACTINIA; STYLASTERIDAE; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 79953024730     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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