Evaluating the role of fish behavior in surveys conducted with underwater vehicles

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1230-1243

  Stoner, Allan W ^a   Ryer, Clifford H ^a   Parker, Steven J ^b,d   Auster, Peter J ^c   Wakefield, W Waldo ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEMERSAL FISH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISHERY SURVEY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

PISCES;

EID: 44349138810     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-032     Document Type: Review

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