A towed camera sled for estimating abundance of juvenile flatfishes and habitat characteristics: Comparison with beam trawls and divers

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 497-503

  Spencer, Mara L ^a   Stoner, Allan W ^a   Ryer, Clifford H ^a   Munk, J Eric ^b  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Habitat; Survey technique; Video

Indexed keywords

FISH; VIDEOGRAPHY;

BIVALVIA; CANCER MAGISTER; LEPIDOPSETTA POLYXYSTRA; PARAPLAGUSIA BILINEATA; PAROPHRYS VETULA; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 21744440093     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.03.012     Document Type: Article

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