Monitoring the impacts of marine aggregate extraction : knowledge synthesis 2012 (GIS SIEGMA)

Monitoring the impacts of marine aggregate extraction : knowledge synthesis 2012 (GIS SIEGMA) /

This document is a comprehensive survey of the scientific knowledge acquired in late 2012 on the environmental impacts of marine aggregate extraction. The synthesis completes international knowledge (ICES WGEXT, COST Action 638 "MAGGNET") with local investigation in Normandy on two sites o...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Desprez, Michel (Author, Contributor)
Other Authors: Lafite, Robert (Contributor), Gspann, Marie (Translator), Claveleau, David (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Mont-Saint-Aignan, France] : Presses universitaires de Rouen et du Havre, 2014
Subjects:
Ocean mining > Environmental aspects > France.
Marine sediments > Environmental aspects > France.
Aggregate industry > Environmental aspects > France.
France > Ocean mining > Environmental aspects.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Issues at stake; International scientific context; GIS SIEGMA: objectives and study sites; Level of knowledge; Extraction pressure; Physical impacts; Effects on the coastline; Effects on the water column; Effects on topography and seabed sediments; Restoration of topography and seabed sediments; Biological Impacts; Effects on benthos; Recolonization of benthic communities; Effects on fish; Recovery of the fish communities; Effects on the trophic relationships between benthos and fish; Modelling of the Eastern English Channel's food web; Effects on habitats and biodiversity.
  • Dissemination of marine aggregate extraction issues to the publicConclusion; Prospects; Bibliography; Glossary; Table of contents.

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