Quantifying recovery rates and resilience of seabed habitats impacted by bottom fishing

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1326-1336

  Lambert, Gwladys I ^a   Jennings, Simon ^b   Kaiser, Michel J ^a   Davies, Thomas W ^a,c   Hiddink, Jan G ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem based fisheries management; Fishing impact; Otter trawling; Recovery; Scallop dredging; Vessel monitoring system; VMS

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84925342900     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12277     Document Type: Article

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