Effects of simulated underwater vehicle lighting on fish behavior

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 391, Issue , 2009, Pages 97-106

  Ryer, Clifford H ^a   Stoner, Allan W ^a   Iseri, Paul J ^a   Spencer, Mara L ^a  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish behavior; Gear avoidance; Light response; ROV; Submersible; Survey bias

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIGHT EFFECT; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SUBMERSIBLE; TRANSECT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANOPLOPOMA FIMBRIA; ANOPLOPOMATIDAE; HIPPOGLOSSUS STENOLEPIS; OPHIODON ELONGATUS; SEBASTES; SEBASTES CAURINUS; SEBASTES MALIGER; SEBASTES MELANOPS; SEBASTES MYSTINUS;

EID: 70349777056     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08168     Document Type: Article

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