Using underwater cameras to assess the effects of snorkeler and SCUBA diver presence on coral reef fish abundance, family richness, and species composition

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 531-538

  Dearden, P ^a   Theberge, M ^a   Yasue M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community composition; Ecological monitoring; Human disturbance; Marine ecotourism

Indexed keywords

BREATHING APPARATUS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; CORAL REEF FISH; ECOLOGICAL MONITORING; FISH ABUNDANCE; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; MARINE ECOTOURISM; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STATISTICAL POWER; THAILAND; UNDERWATER VIDEO CAMERA;

CAMERAS; ECOLOGY; FISH; FORESTRY; REEFS; SURVEYS; VACUUM CLEANERS;

VIDEO CAMERAS;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; DIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERWATER CAMERA; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; DIVING; FISHES; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

THAILAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77952090104     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0855-3     Document Type: Article

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