Development and experimental assessment of an underwater video technique for assessing fish-habitat relationships

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 547-571

  Pratt, Thomas C ^a,b   Smokorowski, Karen E ^a,b   Muirhead, Jim R ^a,b,c  

^a GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feeding behaviour; Fish habitat associations; Habitat utilization; Methodology; Production attraction; Residency time; Underwater video

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RESIDENCE TIME; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

EID: 29744433306     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2005/0164-0547     Document Type: Article

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