Factors affecting the detection distances of reef fish: Implications for visual counts

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 969-981

  Bozec, Yves Marie ^a,f   Kulbicki, Michel ^b   Laloë, Francis ^c   Mou Tham, Gérard ^d   Gascuel, Didier ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^e AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; CORAL REEF; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; META-ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSECT; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79955076188     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1623-9     Document Type: Article

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