Fishing impact on deep Mediterranean rocky habitats as revealed by ROV investigation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 171, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-176

  Bo, Marzia ^a   Bava, Simone ^b   Canese, Simonepietro ^c   Angiolillo, Michela ^c   Cattaneo Vietti, Riccardo ^d   Bavestrello, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Area Marina Protetta Isola di Bergeggi (AMP)   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep benthos; Fishing impact; Mediterranean Sea; Population structure; Rocky bottoms; ROV Imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893814297     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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