Effects of demersal trawling along the west coast of southern Africa: Multivariate analysis of benthic assemblages

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 430, Issue , 2011, Pages 241-255

  Atkinson, L J ^a,b   Field, J G ^a   Hutchings, L ^a,c  

^a Marine Research Institute   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Department of Environmental Affairs ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Benguela; Benthic assemblages; Benthic biota; Demersal trawl fishing; Epifauna; Fishing impacts; Infauna; Pseudo replication

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DEMERSAL FISHERY; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIFAUNA; FISHING; GADOID; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSTELID; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAWLING; UPWELLING; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

CARNIVORA; INVERTEBRATA; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 79957612540     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08956     Document Type: Article

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