Do visual transects provide true population density estimates for deepwater fish?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1050-1056

  Trenkel, V M ^a   Lorance, P ^a   Mahevas S ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

behaviour; deep sea; ROV; slope fishes; visual transects

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIOR; GADOID; POPULATION ESTIMATION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SAMPLING BIAS; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

ALEPOCEPHALIDAE; CHIMAERA MONSTROSA; CHIMAERIDAE; LEPIDION; LEPIDION EQUES; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PISCES;

EID: 6344254724     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.06.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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