Effects of bottom trawling on the Ebro continental shelf sedimentary system (NW Mediterranean)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-98

  Palanques, Albert ^a   Puig, Pere ^a   Guillén, Jorge ^a   Demestre, Montserrat ^a   Martín, Jacobo ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impact; Mediterranean Sea; Mud disturbance; Sediment resuspension; Trawling; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TRAWLING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; NEPHELOID LAYER; ORGANIC CARBON; PLOWING; SEAFLOOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIME SERIES; TURBIDITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

EID: 84889024182     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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