Title 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]

Published [Mont-Saint-Aignan, France] : Presses universitaires de Rouen et du Havre, 2014 ©[2014]

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Description 1 online resource (44 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps 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 Summary 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 of the Eastern English Channel in the framework of the 2003-2011 SIEGMA programme Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 3, 2015) Subject Ocean mining -- Environmental aspects -- France Marine sediments -- Environmental aspects -- France Aggregate industry -- Environmental aspects -- France Aggregate industry -- Environmental aspects Marine sediments -- Environmental aspects Ocean mining -- Environmental aspects SUBJECT France -- Ocean mining -- Environmental aspects Subject France Form Electronic book Author Desprez, Michel, contributor, author Lafite, Robert, contributor Gspann, Marie, translator Claveleau, David, contributor ISBN 9791024001098 9791024001128

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