The application of visual census on Mediterranean rocky habitats

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-16

  De Girolamo, M ^a   Mazzoldi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Biomass; Fish community; Mediterranean Sea; Strip transect; Visual census

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BODY SIZE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ROCKY SHORE;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; FISH; MEASUREMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PERCEPTION; ROCK; SAMPLING; VELOCITY; VISUAL CENSUS;

ANIMAL; BIOMASS; DIVING; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DENSITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0035239024     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(00)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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