The role of blue carbon in climate change mitigation and carbon stock conservation

N Hilmi, R Chami, MD Sutherland… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The potential for Blue Carbon ecosystems to combat climate change and provide co-benefits
was discussed in the recent and influential Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change …

The impact of mobile demersal fishing on carbon storage in seabed sediments

G Epstein, JJ Middelburg, JP Hawkins… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Subtidal marine sediments are one of the planet's primary carbon stores and strongly
influence the oceanic sink for atmospheric CO2. By far the most widespread human activity …

Response of benthic fauna to experimental bottom fishing: A global meta‐analysis

M Sciberras, JG Hiddink, S Jennings… - Fish and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Bottom‐contact fishing gears are globally the most widespread anthropogenic sources of
direct disturbance to the seabed and associated biota. Managing these fishing disturbances …

Biological traits of marine benthic invertebrates in Northwest Europe

DS Clare, SG Bolam, PSO McIlwaine, C Garcia… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Biological traits analysis (BTA) provides insight into causes and consequences of
biodiversity change that cannot be achieved using traditional taxonomic approaches …

Physical disturbance by bottom trawling suspends particulate matter and alters biogeochemical processes on and near the seafloor

C Bradshaw, M Jakobsson, V Brüchert… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Bottom trawling is known to affect benthic faunal communities but its effects on sediment
suspension and seabed biogeochemistry are less well described. In addition, few studies …

The footprint of ship anchoring on the seafloor

SJ Watson, M Ribó, S Seabrook, LJ Strachan… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
With the COVID-19 pandemic came what media has deemed the “port congestion
pandemic”. Intensified by the pandemic, the commonplace anchoring of high-tonnage ships …

Impact of bottom trawling on sediment biogeochemistry: a modelling approach

E De Borger, J Tiano, U Braeckman… - Biogeosciences …, 2020 - bg.copernicus.org
Bottom trawling in shelf seas can occur more than 10 times per year for a given location.
This affects the benthic metabolism, through a mortality of the macrofauna, resuspension of …

Influences of hydrodynamics on microbial community assembly and organic carbon composition of resuspended sediments in shallow marginal seas

Y Che, C Lin, S Li, J Liu, L Zhu, S Yu, N Wang, H Li… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrodynamic processes play a crucial role in driving the transmission of sediments, likely
harboring diverse microbes and heterogeneous organic carbon (OC) in the ocean. Here we …

Acute impacts of bottom trawl gears on benthic metabolism and nutrient cycling

JC Tiano, R Witbaard, MJN Bergman… - ICES Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Research on the environmental impacts of bottom fishing gears has focused mainly on
structural characteristics of benthic habitats such as faunal composition and the physical …

Resilience of seamount benthic communities to trawling disturbance

SL Goode, AA Rowden, DA Bowden… - Marine Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite bottom trawling being the most widespread, severe disturbance affecting deep-sea
environments, it remains uncertain whether recovery is possible once trawling has ceased …