Does breathing apparatus affect fish counts and observations? A comparison at three New Zealand fished and protected areas

Marine Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1379-1395

  Cole, R G ^a   Syms, C ^b,d   Davey, N K ^a   Gust, N ^a   Notman, P ^a   Stewart, R ^a   Radford, C A ^c   Carbines, G ^a   Carr, M H ^b   Jeffs, A G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FISH; MARINE PARK; POPULATION DENSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; LONG ISLAND [MARLBOROUGH]; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMAN; TONGA ISLAND;

CHRYSOPHRYS AURATUS; NOTOLABRUS CELIDOTUS; PARAPERCIS COLIAS;

EID: 33847284409     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0420-3     Document Type: Article

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