An underwater camera system for Real-Time coral reef fish monitoring

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2007, Pages 273-279

  Jan, Rong Quen ^a   Shao, Yi Ta ^b   Lin, Fang Pang ^c   Fan, Tung Yung ^d   Tu, Yueh Yuan ^e   Tsai, Hsien Shiow ^e   Shao, Kwang Tsao ^a  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

^e TAIWAN POWER COMPANY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Fish assemblage; Long term monitoring; Marine protected area

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 45049083727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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