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Effect of biological fouling on passive collectors used to estimate fish recruitment
Author(s) -
Tavernetti R.,
Morgan S.,
Yu Q.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02307.x
Subject(s) - biology , biofouling , fouling , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , ecology , great barrier reef , reef , genetics , membrane
Evidence is provided that biofouling of artificial substrata for estimating recruitment of nearshore reef fishes influences recruitment, and it is recommended that investigators consider the effects of fouling when estimating recruitment over space and time.