Determining methods of underwater visual census for estimating the abundance of coral reef fishes

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-304

  Samoilys, Melita A ^a,b   Carlos, Gary ^a,c  

^a Northern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pacific fisheries; Population assessment; Tropical reef fish

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; METHODOLOGY; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034050979     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007679109359     Document Type: Article

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