Fine-scale habitat change in a marine reserve, mapped using radio-acoustically positioned video transects

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-265

  Parsons, D M ^a,b   Shears, N T ^a   Babcock, R C ^a,c   Haggitt, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic habitat change; Habitat mapping; North eastern new zealand; Radio acoustic positioning telemetry; Subtidal temperate reef

Indexed keywords

GIS; KELP FOREST; MAPPING; RADIOTELEMETRY; REEF; TRANSECT;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; GOAT ISLAND MARINE RESERVE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ALGAE; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 2942746465     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF03190     Document Type: Article

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