Physical impact of bottom trawling on seafloor sediments in the German North Sea
Bottom trawling is a well-known global phenomenon and has significant physical impact on the seabed habitat, such as compression, displacement and mobilization of the sediment. Thus, it is necessary to examine how it alters the seabed, e.g., in order to support strategies in marine spatial planning...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Earth Science |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1233163/full |