Temporal aggregation of bottom trawling and its implication for the impact on the benthic ecosystem

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 952-961

  Van Denderen, P Daniël ^a   Hintzen, Niels T ^a   Van Kooten, Tobias ^a   Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthos; Bottom trawling; Ecosystem based fishery management; North sea; Temporal effort distribution; Vessel monitoring by satellite

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BENTHOS; BOTTOM TRAWLING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MIGRATION ROUTE; MONITORING SYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84925587823     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu183     Document Type: Article

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