Quantity and biochemical composition of particulate organic matter in a highly trawled area (Thermaikos Gulf, Eastern Mediterranean Sea)

Bottom trawling represents nowadays one of the most severe anthropogenic disturbances at sea, and determines large impacts on benthic communities and processes. Bottom trawling determines also local sediment resuspension and the effects of the injection of large amounts of surface sediments into the...

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Main Authors: Antonio Pusceddu, Silvia Bianchelli, Roberto Danovaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2015-11-01
Series:Advances in Oceanography and Limnology
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Online Access:http://pagepressjournals.org/index.php/aiol/article/view/5448