Investigating the effects of mobile bottom fishing on benthic biota: A systematic review protocol

Environmental Evidence

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hughes, Kathryn M ^a   Kaiser, Michel J ^a   Jennings, Simon ^b   McConnaughey, Robert A ^c   Pitcher, Roland ^d   Hilborn, Ray ^e   Amoroso, Ricardo O ^e   Collie, Jeremy ^f   Hiddink, Jan Geert ^a   Parma, Ana M ^g   Rijnsdorp, Adriaan ^h  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^g CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthos; Dredging; Impact; Mobile bottom fishing; Recovery; Trawling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945531674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2382-3-23     Document Type: Review

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