Effect of biological fouling on passive collectors used to estimate fish recruitment.
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.
Tavernetti
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University of California at Davis, Bodega Marine Laboratory, P.O. Box 247, Bodega Bay, CA 94923, USA.
Morgan
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D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D005398:Fisheries / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology*; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000502:physiology; D016014:Linear Models; D008386:Marine Biology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics