North Sea demersal fisheries prefer specific benthic habitats.

INTRODUCTION:The future protection of marine biodiversity through good conservation planning requires both the identification of key habitats with unique ecological characteristics and detailed knowledge of their human utilization through fisheries. Demersal fisheries are important disturbers of ben...

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Main Authors: Karin J van der Reijden, Niels T Hintzen, Laura L Govers, Adriaan D Rijnsdorp, Han Olff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208338