Experimental evidence of damage to benthos by bottom trawling with special reference to Arctica islandica

In Kiel Bay (Western Bahic), benthos samples were taken at 20 m water depth using rectangular botanical dredges fixed to the otter boards of an 80 ft Sonderborg standard trawl to document possible effects of trawl fishery on the benthic fauna. Thin-shelled bivalves like Syndosmya (Abra) alba, Mya sp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rumohr, Heye, Krost, Peter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Parey 1991
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Online Access:https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/42238/
https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/42238/1/Meeresforsch.%2033%20%28%201991%20%29,%20340-345.pdf