Response of benthic fauna to experimental bottom fishing : A global meta-analysis
- Submitting institution
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Heriot-Watt University
- Unit of assessment
- 7 - Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences
- Output identifier
- 25223622
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1111/faf.12283
- Title of journal
- Fish and Fisheries
- Article number
- -
- First page
- 698
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 4
- ISSN
- 1467-2960
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- April
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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16
- Research group(s)
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- Citation count
- 41
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- • This paper is a novel analysis of 122 published experimental manipulations of fishing impacts producing new estimates of the instantaneous depletion of seabed biota by towed bottom fishing gears that account for 25% of global production of wild capture seafood.
• We applied rigorous study quality assurance following a published protocol (in Environmental Evidence) that determined the criteria for study inclusion or exclusion and used an accepted methodology for weighing data based on study quality.
• Our data analyses produced the most robust measures of the consequence of fishing disturbance published to date.
• The meta-analysis enabled examination of entire benthic communities and taxonomic groups as well as an approach to handling biomass data not possible in previous studies.
• Our analysis generated new estimates of parameters generated in previous syntheses, and on the effects of scavengers, which our results showed to be large and to bias estimates of depletion and recovery. This enabled us to justify the removal of these fauna to recalibrate estimates of recovery.
• We were able to significantly extend the coverage of gear and habitat types and consideration of the effects of modifying environmental variables on depletion and recovery.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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