Measuring and assessing the physical impact of beam trawling

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 73, Issue , 2016, Pages i15-i26

  Depestele, Jochen ^a,b   Ivanović, Ana ^c   Degrendele, Koen ^d   Esmaeili, Moosa ^c   Polet, Hans ^a   Roche, Marc ^d   Summerbell, Keith ^f   Teal, Lorna R ^e   Vanelslander, Bart ^a   O'Neill, Finbarr G ^f  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d Self employed and Energy Continental Shelf Service   (Belgium)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bottom impact; multibeam echosounder; numerical modeling; penetration depth; seabed morphology; sediment resuspension; soft sediments

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BATHYMETRY; BOTTOM TRAWLING; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMPACT; MULTIBEAM SONAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; RESUSPENSION; SEAFLOOR; TRAWL NET; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 84960412053     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv056     Document Type: Article

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