Impact of bottom trawling on deep-sea sediment properties along the flanks of a submarine canyon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Martín, Jacobo ^a,c   Puig, Pere ^a   Masqué, Pere ^b   Palanques, Albert ^a   Sánchez Gómez, Anabel ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LEAD;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84905842340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104536     Document Type: Article

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