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Telltale furrows: What the Baltic Sea seafloor reveals about bottom trawling
Source: Phys.org · Published
To what extent does bottom trawling impact the seafloor of the Baltic Sea—and how quickly does it recover? Two new studies from the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) show that the marks on the seafloor provide a much clearer picture of the actual impact than vessel position data alone. Using high-resolution echo sounder measurements and AI, the researchers reveal…
Key points
- To what extent does bottom trawling impact the seafloor of the Baltic Sea—and how quickly does it recover?
- Two new studies from the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) show that the marks on the seafloor provide a much clearer picture of the actual impact than vessel position data alone.
- Using high-resolution echo sounder measurements and AI, the researchers reveal…
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