Examining the utility of alternative video monitoring metrics for indexing reef fish abundance

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 464-471

  Schobernd, Zeb H ^a   Bacheler, Nathan M ^a   Conn, Paul B ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; FISH; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; VIDEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84896817107     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2013-0086     Document Type: Article

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