Monitoring the impacts of marine aggregate extraction : : knowledge synthesis 2012 (GIS SIEGMA) / / coordinated by Michel Desprez and Robert Lafite ; English translation by Marie Gspann, University of Rouen ; authors, Michel Desprez [and five others] ; contributors, David Claveleau [and seven others].

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...

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Place / Publishing House:[Mont-Saint-Aignan, France] : : Presses universitaires de Rouen et du Havre,, 2014.
©[2014]
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (44 p.)
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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 public""; ""Conclusion""; ""Prospects""; ""Bibliography""; ""Glossary""; ""Table of contents""