Benthic habitat characterisation of soft-bottom continental shelves: Integration of acoustic surveys, benthic samples and trawling disturbance intensity

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 199-209

  De Juan, S ^a   Lo Iacono, C ^a   Demestre, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic habitats; Continental shelf; Fishing disturbance; Mediterranean Sea; Multi beam; Side scan sonar

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BENTHOS; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISTURBANCE; EPIFAUNA; FISHING EFFORT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; SAMPLING; SIDESCAN SONAR; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAWLING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84873710304     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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