The impact of fish trawls on megabenthos (sponges) on the north-west shelf of Australia

By T. Wassenberg, G. Dews, S. Cook. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change

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• A critical habitat for Mediterranean fish resources: shelf-break areas with Leptometra phalangium (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) (2004, background): “All these ‘‘living bottom structures’’ form a critical part of the shelf and slope marine ecosystem and are easily damaged by bottom trawling (Rogers 1999; Fosså et al. 2002; Wassemberg et al. 2002).”
• Deep-sea sponge grounds of the Flemish Cap, Flemish Pass and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland (Northwest Atlantic Ocean): Distribution and species composition (2012, background): “…1745-1019 online # 2012 Taylor & Francis http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2012.682583 sponge grounds overlap with trawl grounds (Freese 2001; Wassenberg et al. 2002; Heifetz et al. 2009) and sponges can take decades to recover if they are removed, if ever (Jones 1992; Klitgaard & Tendal…”