Diversity and Composition of Demersal Fishes along a Depth Gradient Assessed by Baited Remote Underwater Stereo-Video

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Zintzen, Vincent ^a   Anderson, Marti J ^b   Roberts, Clive D ^a   Harvey, Euan S ^c   Stewart, Andrew L ^a   Struthers, Carl D ^a  

^a MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAITED REMOTE UNDERATER STEREO VIDEO; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMERSAL FISH; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMIC DISTINCTNESS; TAXONOMY; UNDERWATER DEPTH; VIDEORECORDING; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

PISCES;

EID: 84868314043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048522     Document Type: Article

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