Quantifying relative diver effects in underwater visual censuses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Dickens, Luke C ^a   Goatley, Christopher H R ^a   Tanner, Jennifer K ^a   Bellwood, David R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHURIDAE; ARTICLE; CHAETODONTIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; DIVER; DIVING; FISH; HUMAN; LABRIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PARROTFISH; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SERRANIDAE; SIGANIDAE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNDERWATER VISUAL CENSUSES; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; DIVING; FISHES; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 79955397483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018965     Document Type: Article

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