Cameras and carcasses: Historical and current methods for using artificial food falls to study deep-water animals

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 350, Issue , 2007, Pages 179-191

  Bailey, David M ^a,b   King, Nicola J ^a   Priede, Imants G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep water; Environmental assessment; Fisheries; Literature review; Marine technology; Scavengers; Stock assessment; Underwater cameras

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BEHAVIOR; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEEP WATER; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HISTORY; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAVENGER; STOCK ASSESSMENT; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 37849022715     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07187     Document Type: Review

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