Baited technique improves censuses of cryptic fish in complex habitats

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 197, Issue , 2000, Pages 259-272

  Stewart, Bryce D ^a,b   Beukers, Joanne S ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baited censuses; Community structure; Coral reefs; Cryptic species; Piscivorous fish; Predation; Spatial variation; Visual censuses

Indexed keywords

BAIT; CENSUS; CORAL REEF; CRYPSIS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PREDATOR;

EID: 0034640547     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps197259     Document Type: Article

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