Mapping the vulnerability of animal community to pressure in marine systems: Disentangling pressure types and integrating their impact from the individual to the community level

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1470-1482

  Certain, Grégoire ^a,b,c   Jørgensen, Lis Lindahl ^a   Christel, Isadora ^d,e   Planque, Benjamin ^a   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Institute of Coastal Research   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Bay of Biscay; benthos; community; pressure; seabird; trawling; vulnerability assessment; wind farm

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION STATUS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; SEABIRD; TRAWLING; VULNERABILITY; WIND FARM;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; BAY OF BISCAY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84930801605     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv003     Document Type: Article

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