Fish diversity associated with gas platforms: Evaluation of two underwater visual census techniques;Diversidad íctica asociada con plataformas gaseras: Evaluación de dos técnicas de censos visuales

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-132

  Consoli, Paolo ^a,b   Azzurro, E ^a   Sara G ^c   Ferraro, M ^d   Andaloro, F ^a  

^a Icram   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diversity; Fish assemblage; Gas platforms; Visual census methods

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; FIELD METHOD; FISH; GAS PLATFORM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

CALABRIA; CROTONE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IONIAN SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANTHIAS; BOOPS BOOPS; CHROMIS CHROMIS; OBLADA MELANURA;

EID: 34447288778     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v33i2.1106     Document Type: Article

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