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    The biology, ecology and vulnerability of seamount communities

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    Document Number:
    WG-EMM-04/12
    Author(s):
    A.D. Rogers (United Kingdom)
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    Abstract

    While much remains unknown about seamount communities, scientific evidence suggests that high seas bottom trawling may have significant and irreversible impacts on the diversity and ecology of seamounts and other similar hard bottom communities.