Optimising stereo baited underwater video for sampling fish and invertebrates in temperate coastal habitats

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 150, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 281-287

  Unsworth, R K F ^a   Peters, J R ^a   McCloskey, R M ^a   Hinder, S L ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baited video; Behaviour; BRUVs; Deployment time; Fisheries; Kelp; Marine protected areas; Marine renewables; Seagrass; Zostera

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COASTAL ZONE; FISH; INSTALLATION; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE PARK; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; SEAGRASS; STEREO IMAGE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; UNDERWATER CAMERA; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

INVERTEBRATA; ZOSTERA;

EID: 84910014230     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2014.03.020     Document Type: Article

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