Video transects as a complement to underwater visual census to study reserve effect on fish assemblages

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 229-241

  Tessier, Anne ^a,b   Pastor, Jérémy ^a,b,c   Francour, Patrice ^c   Saragoni, Gilles ^a,b   Crec'hriou, Romain ^a,b   Lenfant, Philippe ^a,b  

^a UMR 5110   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Fish; Marine protected area; Mediterranean sea; MPA; Reserve effect; Underwater video; Visual census

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877960741     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00506     Document Type: Article

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