Comparison of mechanical disturbance in soft sediments due to tickler-chain SumWing trawl vs. electro-fitted PulseWing trawl

摘要: This study was part-funded by the EU FP 7 project BENTHIS (grant no. 312088). It does not necessarily reflect views of European Commission and anticipate Commission’s future policy in this area. We are grateful for logistic support VLIZ, fishermen TX43 TX29 crew members RV ISIS Simon Stevin during sea trials NIOZ use their box corer. ADR LRT were partly supported “Impact assessment pulsvisserij”. indebted to skippers Eddy Buyvoets drawing net plans trawls. thank John Aldridge his insights sediment transport relation natural dynamics; Bavo De Witte conducting particle size analysis; Daniel Benden assisting SPI analyses; Miriam Levenson English-language editing Julie Bremner Stefan Bolam critical review. also wish 3 anonymous reviewers constructive comments on earlier drafts manuscript.