Factoid/2014/05/30
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Bottom Trawling Can Have Devastating Effects
- "...trawled canyon sediments contained 52 percent less organic matter than the undisturbed seafloor. There were 80 percent fewer sea worms in the trawled region as well. And there was only half as much diversity of species in the trawled seafloor." - excerpts from article in National Geographic.
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