Underwater towed video: A useful tool to rapidly assess elasmobranch populations in large marine protected areas

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 153-157

  Assis, J ^a   Narvaez K ^a   Haroun, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Elasmobranch; Monitoring methods; Underwater video

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651310185     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11852-008-0015-x     Document Type: Article

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