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Effects of Trawling on Marine Ecosystems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2009

Michael J. Kaiser
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food, DFR, Fisheries Laboratory, Conwy LL32 8UB, UK, e-mail: m.j.kaiser@dfr. maff.gov.uk

Abstract

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Meeting Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1996

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