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Measuring and assessing the physical impact of beam trawling.

2016
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Depestele, J., Ivanovic , A., Degrendele, K., Esmaeili, M., Polet, H., Roche, M., Summerbell, K., Teal, L. R., Vanelslander, B., and O’Neill, F. G.

Beam trawling causes physical disruption of the seabed through contact of the gear components with the sediment and the resuspension of sediment into the water column...
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Keywords: Beam trawling, Impacts