Sanz-Lázaro & Marin Page 1 Author version of: Sanz-Lázaro C, Marin A (2006) Benthic recovery during open sea fish farming abatement in Western Mediterranean, Spain. Marine Environmental Research 62, 374-387. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.05.006 Publisher version at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014111360600153X Not for commercial use Copyright of the publisher: Intellectual property, in particular copyright (rights in editorial content), trademarks (rights in brands for services or journals), and database rights (rights in compilations of information), form the foundation of Elsevier’s publishing services and communications businesses. We in Elsevier embrace the opportunities the digital environment offers for communication and access, while at the same time we recognize the new risks that this environment poses, that being the ease with which unauthorized copies can be made and distributed worldwide. Read More: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/rights NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Marine Environmental Research . Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Marine Environmental Research, [VOL 62, ISSUE 5, (2006)] DOI 10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.05.006