Deep-Sea Mega-Epibenthic Assemblages from the SW Portuguese Margin (NE Atlantic) Subjected to Bottom-Trawling Fisheries

Deep-Sea Mega-Epibenthic Assemblages from the SW Portuguese Margin (NE Atlantic) Subjected to Bottom-Trawling Fisheries

Bottom-trawling fisheries are a common threat to the health of continental margins worldwide. Together with numerous environmental and biological processes, physical disturbance induced by trawlers can largely shape the benthic habitats and their associated assemblages. At the SW Portuguese Margin,...

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Main Authors: Sofia P. Ramalho, Lidia Lins, Juan Bueno-Pardo, Eliana A. Cordova, Joel M. Amisi, Nikolaos Lampadariou, Ann Vanreusel, Marina R. Cunha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
mega-epifauna
diversity
sediment composition
disturbance
trawling
deep sea
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2017.00350/full

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