Evaluating impacts of fishing on benthic habitats: A risk assessment framework applied to Australian fisheries

Fisheries Research

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 154-167

  Williams, A ^a   Dowdney, J ^a   Smith, A D M ^a   Hobday, A J ^a   Fuller, M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data limited fisheries; EBM; Ecological risk assessment; Habitat

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA;

EID: 80053115634     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.01.028     Document Type: Article

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