Ploughing the deep sea floor

Pere Puig (), Miquel Canals, Joan B. Company, Jacobo Martín, David Amblas, Galderic Lastras, Albert Palanques and Antoni M. Calafat
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Pere Puig: Marine Sciences Institute, CSIC, E-, Spain
Miquel Canals: CRG Marine Geosciences, University of Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
Joan B. Company: Marine Sciences Institute, CSIC, E-, Spain
Jacobo Martín: Marine Sciences Institute, CSIC, E-, Spain
David Amblas: CRG Marine Geosciences, University of Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
Galderic Lastras: CRG Marine Geosciences, University of Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
Albert Palanques: Marine Sciences Institute, CSIC, E-, Spain
Antoni M. Calafat: CRG Marine Geosciences, University of Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain

Nature, 2012, vol. 489, issue 7415, 286-289

Abstract: Bottom trawling is a fishing technique whereby heavy nets and gear scrape along the sea bed, and is shown here to disturb sediment fluxes and modify the sea floor morphology over large spatial scales.

Date: 2012
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