Cold-water corals landed by bottom longline fisheries in the Azores (north-eastern Atlantic)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1547-1555

  Sampaio, I ^a   Braga Henriques, A ^a   Pham, C ^a   Ocana O ^b   De Matos, V ^a   Morato, T ^a   Porteiro, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impact; Bottom longline; Cold water corals; Conservation; Deep water fisheries

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BOTTOM TRAWLING; COLD WATER; CORAL REEF; FISHING GEAR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LONGLINING;

AZORES; PORTUGAL;

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHARIA; DENDROPHYLLIA; ERRINA DABNEYI; LEIOPATHES; SCLERACTINIA; ZOANTHIDEA;

EID: 84866675486     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315412000045     Document Type: Article

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