Nested sampling: An improved visual-census technique for studying reef fish assemblages

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 367, Issue , 2008, Pages 283-293

  Minte Vera, Carolina V ^a   De Moura, Rodrigo Leão ^b,c   Francini Filho, Ronaldo B ^b,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b Programa Marinho   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community structure; Reef fishes; Sampling; Visual census

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; CENSUS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; JUVENILE; POPULATION DENSITY; REEF; SAMPLING; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; FERNANDO DE NORONHA; PERNAMBUCO; SOUTH AMERICA;

PISCES;

EID: 53949096963     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07511     Document Type: Article

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