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| Bernard, Guillaume; Romero-ramirez, Alicia; Tauran, Adeline; Pantalos, Michael; Deflandre, Bruno; Grall, Jacques; Gremare, Antoine. |
| Maerl beds form complex biogenic benthic habitats, characterized by high productivity as well as diverse biological communities. Disturbances associated with extraction and/or fishing activities using mobile bottom-contacting gears such as clam-dredges induce the most severe and long-term effects on these fragile habitats. We here investigated the effects of dredge-fishing on maerl in the bay of Brest (France). We quantified maerl beds structure and vitality across a fine scale quantified dredging intensity gradient through the acquisition of in-situ images of beds cross-section using Sediment Profile Imaging system (SPI). Declines in the proxies of maerl vitality and habitat complexity were measured across the gradient, and were associated with... |
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| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00677/78861/81162.pdf |
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