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The North Sea - Environmental Data Compendium
The highest densities of benthic fauna are inshore, where there are dense beds of shellfish. In this coastal zone there has ... and for the decline in numbers of harbour porpoise. Beam trawling for benthic flatfishes is causing high mortality in benthic fauna and a shift in their age composition. However, birds profit from the ...
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Eupos1
Benthic algal growth in rivers, through reducing dissolved oxygen levels, can adversely affect the composition of benthic invertebrate(animal) communities, leading to loss of sensitive species (B) 1.3.3 Benthic ... potential production of methane and hydrogen sulphide, adversely affecting marine zooplankton, benthic fauna (including changing species composition) and fish (including fish kills and ...
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Marine Ecology
Research methods include (1) field observations, along with long-term (and wide range ... long-term studies focus on the population dynamics of the benthic fauna and their predators, the food conditions for the benthic fauna, and on environmental conditions, such as water temperature. They ...
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NURP Collaborates with OE on Research Cruise to S. Pacific (03/21/05)
... to be investigated are home to many rare and endangered species of fish, mammals, and benthic fauna; thousands of acres of coral reefs; and an active volcano with a crater two miles ...
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Habitat Loss
Vasslides, and M. Scharer. 2000. The effect of fish traps on benthic habitats off La Parguero, Puerto Rico. Report to the ... . Bunker, and C. Munro. 2001. Effects of crustacean traps on benthic fauna. ICES Journal of Marine Science 58:11-20. Fonseca, M. ... and L. Watling. 1994. Oceanic processes and benthic substrates: influences on demersal fish habitats and benthic communities; pp. 20-25 in Langton, R. ...
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UNEP/GRID-Arendal - Publications - In Dead Water - Summary
Unlike their shallow water counterparts, deep sea communities recover slowly, over decades and centuries, from ...
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UNEP/GRID-Arendal - Publications - In Dead Water - Impact of Unsustainable Fishing Practices on Sea Bed and Ocean Productivity
Especially seamounts with their unique and often endemic fauna are particularly vulnerable to trawling (Koslow et al., 2001; Morato et al., 2006b). The reason ... trawling (compared to pristine and/or historic data). This is especially so for demersals and benthic fauna, with reductions reported up to 80% on fishing grounds. The damage exceeds over half of ...
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Guidance Commercial fishery in the North Sea - Environmental Data Compendium
Introduction The North Sea is one of the world's most important fishing grounds, yielding benthic and pelagic fish, and shellfish. Some species have been overfished, but the herring is one ... and for the decline in numbers of harbour porpoise. Beam trawling for benthic flatfishes is causing high mortality in benthic fauna and a shift in their age composition. However, birds profit from the ...
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Research , Data and Symposia
Aquatic Habitats and Common Fauna of the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Point Aux Pins, Alabama to Port St. Joe, Florida (PDF) Meetings and Symposia 2004 Benthic Ecology Meeting with links to ...
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Wildlife of the Great Lakes Region
Natural Resources (DNR) Contains links to informational pages on the Flora and Fauna of Illinois. Flora and Fauna of the Great Lakes Region University of Michigan This multimedia digital collection ... the state's premier wildlife viewing areas open to the public year-round. Surveys Benthic Biomonitoring U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) Results ...
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