A little bait goes a long way: The influence of bait quantity on a temperate fish assemblage sampled using stereo-BRUVs

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 449, Issue , 2013, Pages 250-260

  Hardinge, Jethro ^a   Harvey, Euan S ^a   Saunders, Benjamin J ^a   Newman, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Bait quantity; Reef fish; Stereo BRUVs; Temperate reefs; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAIT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PERCIFORM; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84886390126     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.09.018     Document Type: Article

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