A multi-scale approach in the study of trawling-induced impact on the seafloor. Examples from the EU ISLAND Project

Claudio Lo Iacono, National Oceanography Center, Southampton, United Kingdom, Pere Puig, ICM-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain, Sarah Paradis, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Departament de Física and Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Barcelona, Spain, Antonio Pusceddu, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente,, Cagliari, Italy, Tommaso Russo, Laboratory of Experimental Ecology and Aquaculture, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, Pere Masque, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain; Edith Cowan University, School of Natural Sciences & Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Perth, Australia and ISLAND Cruise Team