Modeling the impacts of bottom trawling and the subsequent recovery rates of sponges and corals in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1827-1834

  Rooper, Christopher N ^a   Wilkins, Mark E ^a   Rose, Craig S ^a   Coon, Catherine ^b  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Aleutian islands; America; Corals; Fishing impacts; Growth rate; Invertebrate zoology; Population recovery; Sponges; United states

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BENTHOS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CORAL; DATA SET; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; LOGISTICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEAFLOOR; SPONGE; SURVEY; TAXONOMY; TRAWLING;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; PORIFERA;

EID: 80053935045     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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