Trophic look at soft-bottom communities - Short-term effects of trawling cessation on benthos

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-28

  Dannheim, Jennifer ^a   Brey, Thomas ^a   Schröder, Alexander ^a,b   Mintenbeck, Katja ^a   Knust, Rainer ^a   Arntz, Wolf E ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Lower Saxony Water Management   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy Flow; Macrozoobenthos; North Sea; Stable Isotopes; Trawling Impact; Trophic Functioning

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BOTTOM TRAWLING; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PREDATION; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84886263270     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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