Estimating Synaphobranchus kaupii densities: Contribution of fish behaviour to differences between bait experiments and visual strip transects

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-71

  Trenkel, Verena M ^a   Lorance, Pascal ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Deep water; Hierarchical model; Natural and reaction behaviour; Video

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; DEEPWATER; HIERARCHICAL MODEL; NATURAL AND REACTION BEHAVIOUR; VIDEO;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ESTIMATION; EXPERIMENTS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

BAIT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SEAFLOOR; SWIMMING; TRANSECT; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

ILYOPHINAE; SYNAPHOBRANCHUS KAUPII;

EID: 79151476347     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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