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Estimating sensitivity of seabed habitats to disturbance by bottom trawling based on the longevity of benthic fauna.

2018
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Ecological Applications

Rijnsdorp A.D., Bolam, S.G., Garcia, C., Hiddink, J.G., Hintzen, N.T., van Denderen, P.D. and van Kooten, T.

Bottom fishing such as trawling and dredging may pose serious risks to the seabed and benthic habitats, calling for a quantitative assessment method to evaluate the...
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Keywords: Benthic fauna, Bottom trawling, Seabed habitats