Putative fishery-induced changes in biomass and population size structures of demersal deep-sea fishes in ICES Sub-area VII, Northeast Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Godbold, J. A., Bailey, D. M., Collins, M. A., Gordon, J. D. M., Spallek, W. A., Priede, I. G.
• Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen.Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: SDG 14 - Life Below Water; eel synaphobranchus-kaupii; porcupine seabight; Rockall trough; assemblage structure; roundnose grenadier; continental-slope; disturbance; ecosystem; impacts; trawl; GE Environmental Sciences; Natural Environment Research Council (NERC); NE/C512961/1; European Commission; MAS2-CT920033 1993–1995; HERMES; HERMIONE; GE; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2164/3370; https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-529-2013

This work was supported by a series of NERC grants to the principal investigators including NE/C512961/1. The results of the early joint SAMS and IOS surveys were digitized with support from EU MAST Contract MAS2-CT920033 1993–1995, and data analyses was supported by EU FP7 Projects HERMES and HERMIONE. We thank Alain Zuur from Highland Statistics Ltd. for advice with the statistical analyses and Odd Aksel Bergstad for valuable comments that helped to improve the manuscript. We thank the ships’ companies of the RRS Challenger and RRS Discovery. Peer reviewed