Influence of spear guns, dive gear and observers on estimating fish flight initiation distance on coral reefs

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 469, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-119

  Januchowski Hartley, Fraser A ^a   Nash, Kirsty L ^a   Lawton, Rebecca J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Approach distance; Confounding variables; Coral reef fishes; Fish behaviour; Fishing effects; Marine reserve; Scaridae; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHING; FISHING GEAR; FLIGHT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARINE PARK; PERCIFORM; PRECISION; SCUBA DIVING;

VANUATU;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; SCARIDAE;

EID: 84870214476     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09971     Document Type: Article

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