Bottom trawling is the most widespread human activity affecting seabed habitats. Here, we
collate all available data for experimental and comparative studies of trawling impacts on …

Deep-sea fisheries operate globally throughout the world's oceans, chiefly targeting stocks
on the upper and mid-continental slope and offshore seamounts. Major commercial fisheries …

This accessible and timely book provides a comprehensive overview of how to measure
biodiversity. The book highlights new developments, including innovative approaches to …

▪ Abstract The direct effects of marine habitat disturbance by commercial fishing have been
well documented. However, the potential ramifications to the ecological function of seafloor …

While the impacts of high exploitation on fish populations and aquatic ecosystems are well-
documented for commercial fishing, particularly in the marine environment, the potential …

Towed bottom-fishing gears are thought to constitute one of the largest global anthropogenic
sources of disturbance to the seabed and its biota. The current drive towards an ecosystem …

Fishing affects the seabed habitat worldwide on the continental shelf. These impacts are
patchily distributed according to the spatial and temporal variation in fishing effort that results …

Abstract Lee, J., South, AB, and Jennings, S. 2010. Developing reliable, repeatable, and
accessible methods to provide high-resolution estimates of fishing-effort distributions from …

Marine debris is a recognized global ecological concern. Little is known about the extent of
the problem in the Mediterranean Sea regarding litter distribution and its influence on deep …

Two methods traditionally employed to investigate functional diversity in marine benthic
ecosystems are relative taxon composition analysis, which interprets changes in the …