Cascading Effects of Shrimp Trawling: Increased Benthic Biomass and Increase in Net Primary Production
Luczkovich Joseph John, Deehr Rebecca A, Kevin J Hart, Lisa M Clough, Jeffrey C Johnson
The paper shows that shrimp trawling reduces benthic predator species, leading to increased biomass of deposit-feeding polychaetes and higher net primary production in coastal areas.
bioRxiv · Apr 10, 2018 · PreprintEcology