A review of impacts of marine dredging activities on marine mammals

VLG Todd, IB Todd, JC Gardiner… - ICES Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Marine dredging is an excavation activity carried out worldwide by many industries. Concern
about the impact dredging has on marine life, including marine mammals (cetaceans …

A review of the physical impacts of sediment dispersion from aggregate dredging

J Spearman - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2015 - Elsevier
The disturbance and subsequent dispersion of sediment arising from aggregate dredging
results in increases in suspended sediment concentrations and, potentially, settlement of …

Impacts of physical disturbance on the recovery of a macrofaunal community: a comparative analysis using traditional and novel approaches

WMRW Hussin, KM Cooper, CRSB Froján… - Ecological …, 2012 - Elsevier
The recovery of macrofaunal communities after marine aggregate dredging was assessed
using both traditional indices (abundance, biomass and species diversity), and functional …

Implications of dredging induced changes in sediment particle size composition for the structure and function of marine benthic macrofaunal communities

KM Cooper, M Curtis, WMRW Hussin… - Marine Pollution …, 2011 - Elsevier
A meta-analysis approach was used to assess the effect of dredging induced changes in
sediment composition, under different conditions of natural physical disturbance, for the …

The effects of marine sand and gravel extraction on the sediment composition and macrofaunal community of a commercial dredging site (15 years post-dredging)

GA Waye-Barker, P McIlwaine, S Lozach… - Marine pollution …, 2015 - Elsevier
A prediction that faunal recovery of a marine aggregate extraction site subjected to high
dredging intensity was likely to take 15–20 years was investigated. Samples were collected …

Can the benefits of physical seabed restoration justify the costs? An assessment of a disused aggregate extraction site off the Thames Estuary, UK

K Cooper, D Burdon, JP Atkins, L Weiss… - Marine pollution …, 2013 - Elsevier
Physical and biological seabed impacts can persist long after the cessation of marine
aggregate dredging. Whilst small-scale experimental studies have shown that it may be …

Assessing the recovery of functional diversity after sustained sediment screening at an aggregate dredging site in the North Sea

CRSB Froján, KM Cooper, J Bremner, EC Defew… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The effects of dredging the seabed for aggregate on benthic functional diversity were
assessed using a suite of suitable indices on a recovering macrofaunal assemblage …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of sand extraction from the bottom of the southern Baltic Sea on the relief and sediments of the seabed

S Uścinowicz, W Jegliński, G Miotk-Szpiganowicz… - Oceanologia, 2014 - Elsevier
Investigations of the geological structure and seabed dynamics as well as the morphological
and sedimentological effects of sand extraction generated by different mining techniques …

Morphological and sedimentary impacts and recovery on a mixed sandy to pebbly seabed exposed to marine aggregate extraction (Eastern English Channel, France)

S Le Bot, R Lafite, M Fournier, A Baltzer… - Estuarine, coastal and …, 2010 - Elsevier
The impacts of marine aggregate dredging and the recovery levels, 1 and 10 years after
cessation of dredging, are investigated for a commercial dredging site. The site consists of …

Benthic biodiversity changes in response to dredging activities during the construction of a deep-water port

R Gutperlet, RM Capperucci, A Bartholomä… - Marine Biodiversity, 2015 - Springer
During the construction of a deep-water port (JadeWeserPort), bathymetry, sediment
distribution, and macrofauna community structure were studied in the Inner Jade, a highly …