SmeltCam: underwater video codend for trawled nets with an application to the distribution of the imperiled delta smelt.

SmeltCam: underwater video codend for trawled nets with an application to the distribution of the imperiled delta smelt.

Studying rare and sensitive species is a challenge in conservation biology. The problem is exemplified by the case of the imperiled delta smelt Hypomesus transpacificus, a small delicate fish species endemic to the San Francisco Estuary, California. Persistent record-low levels of abundance and rela...

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Main Authors: Frederick Feyrer, Donald Portz, Darren Odum, Ken B Newman, Ted Sommer, Dave Contreras, Randall Baxter, Steven B Slater, Deanna Sereno, Erwin Van Nieuwenhuyse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3701597?pdf=render

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