Using red light with fixed-site video cameras to study the behavior of the spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, and associated animals at night and inside their shelters

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 86-95

  Weiss, Howard M ^a   Lozano Álvarez, Enrique ^b   Briones Fourzán, Patricia ^b   Negrete Soto, Fernando ^b  

^a Project Oceanology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; MARINE BIOLOGY; VIDEO CAMERAS;

ARTIFICIAL LIGHT; RED LIGHT; SPINY LOBSTER;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

COHABITATION; IMAGING METHOD; LOBSTER; PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; BALISTIDAE; LOBSTER; LUTJANIDAE; MURAENIDAE; OCTOPUS; PALINURIDAE; PANULIRUS ARGUS;

EID: 34247185250     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/002533206787353213     Document Type: Article

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