Observer effects and training in underwater visual surveys of reef fishes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 154, Issue , 1997, Pages 53-63

  Thompson, A A ^a   Mapstone, B D ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias; Fish counts; Monitoring; Observer training; Precision; Visual survey

Indexed keywords

DIVING SURVEYS; OBSERVER BIAS; REEF FISH; VISUAL SURVEY;

PISCES;

EID: 0030856611     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps154053     Document Type: Article

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