Scavenging on trawled seabeds can modify trophic size structure of bottom-dwelling fish

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 398-405

  Shephard, Samuel ^a   Minto, Cóilín ^b   Zölck, Melanie ^b   Jennings, Simon ^c   Brophy, Deirdre ^b   Reid, David ^d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Atlantic Technological University   (Ireland)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

15N; benthos; food chain; size structure; trawling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FISHING GEAR; FOOD CHAIN; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SIZE STRUCTURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRAWLING; TROPHIC CONTROL; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA;

EID: 84893103550     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst134     Document Type: Article

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