Impacts of bottom fishing on the sediment infaunal community and biogeochemistry of cohesive and non-cohesive sediments

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2076-2089

  Sciberras, Marija ^a   Parker, Ruth ^b   Powell, Claire ^b   Robertson, Craig ^a   Kröger, Silke ^b   Bolam, Stefan ^b   Geert Hiddink, Jan ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOTTOM TRAWLING; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DREDGING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MUD; REMINERALIZATION;

EID: 84976907983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10354     Document Type: Article

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