Ploughing the deep sea floor

Nature

Volumn 489, Issue 7415, 2012, Pages 286-289

  Puig, Pere ^a   Canals, Miquel ^b   Company, Joan B ^a   Martín, Jacobo ^a   Amblas, David ^b   Lastras, Galderic ^b   Palanques, Albert ^a   Calafat, Antoni M ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BENTHOS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP SEA; DISTURBANCE; EROSION; FISHING; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GEAR SELECTIVITY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; RESOLUTION; SEAFLOOR; TRAWLING;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOTTOM TRAWLING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FISHING; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LANDSCAPE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866174275     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11410     Document Type: Article

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