Overestimating fish counts by non-instantaneous visual censuses: consequences for population and community descriptions.

BACKGROUND: Increasingly, underwater visual censuses (UVC) are used to assess fish populations. Several studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of protected areas for increasing fish abundance or provided insight into the natural abundance and structure of reef fish communities in remote areas....

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Main Authors: Christine Ward-Paige, Joanna Mills Flemming, Heike K Lotze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2908695?pdf=render