Benthic habitat
Partitioning no-take marine reserve (NTMR) and benthic habitat effects on density of small and large-bodied tropical wrasses
... the benthic habitat, with subsequent effects on reef fish populations ...specific benthic preferences of the reef fish, will determine the extent of response in density of coral reef ...in ...
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Partitioning no take marine reserve (NTMR) and benthic habitat effects on density of small and large bodied tropical wrasses
... of benthic habitat change and fishing pressure on local wrasse densities at two NTMRs and two control, fished ...particular benthic components, such as sand, hard dead substratum and rubble that were ...
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Benthic habitat properties can delay settlement in an estuarine fish (Sciaenops ocellatus)
... associated with living in a shaded benthic habitat (Poling & Fuiman 1998). These changes include an increase in the eye and lens diameter, an increase in the rod photoreceptor density, and a rapid ...
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Development and application of single beam acoustics and underwater videography in marine benthic habitat assessment and mapping
... marine benthic habitats (Barrett et ...important habitat forming species and communities was not ...reef habitat supports a wide range of species, and is the basis for several important commercial ...
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1 Benthic Habitat Morphodynamics- Using Remote
... Figure 21: Bathymetry profile change versus sediment class boundary shift after Hurricane Joaquin,. 497[r] ...
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"Ecological interactions between abalone, urchins, and benthic habitat in a temperate reef ecosystem : implications for ecosystems based management"
... The challenge for EBM is to manage the abundances of predators and grazers in the system to prevent regime shifts from productive and diverse algal beds to barrens or benthos covered in [r] ...
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Benthic habitat mapping by autonomous underwater vehicles
... layered habitat map showing the location and abundance of types of benthos in the mapping area, a confidence map showing how accurate the habitat map is likely to be, a coverage map showing how well mapped ...
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AUV Benthic Habitat Mapping in South Eastern Tasmania
... seabed habitat data, provided by the EM3002 multibeam sonar data, and biological datasets collected at similar spatial scales by Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), Baited Underwater Video systems (BRUVs), towed ...
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Habitat dynamics, marine reserve status, and the decline and recovery of coral reef fish communities
... states. Benthic habitat changes directly affect reef fish communities, with low coral cover usu- ally associated with low fish diversity and ...and habitat complexity, with subsequent declines in ...
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Combining angular response classification and backscatter imagery segmentation for benthic biological habitat mapping
... a summative process derived from training data, the decision tree model, image segmentation and joining processes between angular response classi fi cation and the segmented polygons. The accuracy assessment shows ...
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Does presence of a mid ocean ridge enhance biomass and biodiversity?
... floor habitat, sonar swath bathymetry data were collected during voyages of the FRV GO Sars in 2004 (Kongsberg Simrad EM 300) [24], and RRS James Cook in 2007 (Kongsberg Simrad ...the benthic habitat ...
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Harnessing fishery-independent indicators to aid management of data-poor fisheries: weighing habitat and fishing effects
... that benthic habitat, particularly macroalgal cover and struc- tural complexity had a significant effect on the ratio of mean size to size at maturity of reef fish; mean size was greater than size at ...
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The application of ecological theory to the remediation of macroinvertebrate communities impacted by acid mine drainage
... in benthic inorganic ...CWD habitat, and was most likely the result of increased deposition of CPOM (Lester et ...When habitat complexity was enhanced by the additions of CWD to streams it was found ...
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Harnessing fishery independent indicators to aid management of data poor fisheries: weighing habitat and fishing effects
... that benthic habitat, particularly macroalgal cover and struc- tural complexity had a significant effect on the ratio of mean size to size at maturity of reef fish; mean size was greater than size at ...
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North Sea research: Where might it go?
... Food-chain relationships in subtidal silty sand marine sediments and the role of rneiofauna in stimulating bacterial productivity.. Benthic-pelagic coupling: a benthic view.[r] ...
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Distribution and abundance of benthic diatoms in a tropical mangrove forest and effects of grazing on them by Telescopium telescopium (Linnaeus, 1758)
... The study aimed specifically at determining 1 the composition of species of benthic diatoms, and 2 the similarity and dissimilarity of benthic diatoms assemblages in different sites of t[r] ...
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CHARACTER EVOLUTION OF THE BENTHIC THECATE DINOFLAGELLATE, GAMBIERDISCUS (DINOPHYCEAE), WITH AN INTRODUCTION OF THE INTERACTIVE KEY TO SPECIES
... Gambierdiscus. First, the morphology of Gambierdiscus species was characterized based on the previous descriptions as in the literature [2, 11-17]. Evolutionary lineage and character state evolution of these ...
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Biostratigraphy and assemblage composition of benthic foraminifera from the Manihiki Plateau, southwestern tropical Pacific
... Stratigraphic ranges of benthic foraminiferal index species and benthic foraminiferal zonation from core 34KL (Manihiki Plateau, southwestern tropical Pacific).. Lithol[r] ...
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Harnessing the self-harvesting capability of benthic cyanobacteria for use in benthic photobioreactors
... 2002). Benthic cyanobacteria may also offer advantages for use in microbial fuel cells (MFCs), bioe- lectrochemical systems (BES) that exploit biological cata- lytic processes for the either the generation of ...
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Nest building and description of parental care behavior in a temperate reef fish, Chromis crusma (Pisces: Pomacentridae)
... The complex life cycle (pelagic larval phase, benthic juvenile and adult) of most marine fishes is characterized by the high mortality of eggs and larvae. A bottleneck of population structure is often observed at ...
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