Browsing Miscellaneous Community Practices by Subject "Parameter Discipline::Biological oceanography::Fish"

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    • Best Practices for Implementing Acoustic Technologies to Improve Reef Fish Ecosystem Surveys: Report from the 2017 GCFI Acoustics Workshop. 

      Michaels, W.L.; Binder, B.; Boswell, K.; Chérubin, L.M.; Demer, D.A.; Jarvis, T.; Knudsen, F.R.; Lang, C.; Paramo, J.E.; Sullivan, P.J.; Lillo, S.; Taylor, J.C.; Thompson, C.H. (NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, MD, 2019)
      Approximately 330 participants from 30 countries attended the 70th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) conference held in Merida, Mexico during 4-10 November 2017. The conference featured ...

    • Ciguatera: a field reference guide. 

      Laurent, Dominique; Yeeting, Being; Labrosse, Pierre; Gaudechoux, Jean-Paul (Secretariat of Pacific Community (SPC) / Institut Recherche pour le'Developpement (IRD), Noumea, New Caledonia, 2005)
      Ciguatera is a form of food poisoning caused by eating fish containing toxins called ciguatoxins which come from micro-algae living on coral reefs. Ciguatera is a significant public health issue in the Pacific and in all ...

    • Evaluating the performance of methods for estimating the abundance of rapidly declining coastal shark populations. 

      Macauley, Douglas J.; Mclean, Kevin A.; Bauer, John; Young, Hillary S.; Micheli, Fiorenza (2012)
      Accurately surveying shark populations is critical to monitoring precipitous ongoing declines in shark abundance and interpreting the effects that these reductions are having on ecosystems. To evaluate the effectiveness ...

    • A field and video annotation guide for baited remote underwater stereo-video surveys of demersal fish assemblages. [GOOS ENDORSED PRACTICE] 

      Langlois, Tim; Goetze, Jordan S.; Bond, Todd; Monk, Jacquomo; Abesamis, Rene A.; Asher, Jacob; Barrett, Neville; Bernard, Anthony T.F.; Bouchet, Phil J.; Birt, Matthew J.; Cappo, Mike; Currey-Randall, Leanne M.; Driessen, Damon; Fairclough, David V.; Fullwood, Laura A. F.; Gibbons, Brooke A.; Harasti, David; Heupel, Michelle R.; Hicks, Jamie; Holmes, Thomas H.; Huveneers, Charlie; Ierodiaconou, Daniel; Jordan, Alan; Knott, Nathan A.; Lindfield, Steve; Malcolm, Hamish A.; McLean, Dianne; Meekan, Mark; Miller, David; Mitchell, Peter J.; Newman, Stephen J.; Radford, Ben; Rolim, Fernanda A.; Saunders, Benjamin J.; Stowar, Marcus; Smith, Adam N. H.; Travers, Michael J.; Wakefield, Corey B.; Whitmarsh, Sasha K.; Williams, Joel; Harvey, Euan S. (2020)
      1. Baited remote underwater stereo-video systems (stereo-BRUVs) are a popular tool to sample demersal fish assemblages and gather data on their relative abundance and body size structure in a robust, cost-effective and ...

    • Invasive Lionfish: a Guide to Control and Management. 

      Akins, J. Lad; Buddo, Dayne St. A.; Green, Stephanie J.; Lozano, Ricardo Gómez (Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Marathon, FA, 2012)
      The countries of the Wider Caribbean with their vibrant coral reefs are major tourist destinations, bringing billions of dollars to the Caribbean annually. The importance of reef resources is invaluable to local economies ...

    • Systematic global assessment of reef fish communities by the Reef Life Survey program. 

      Edgar, Graham J.; Stuart-Smith, Rick D. (2014)
      Discussion of the Reef Life Survey Methods Manual: https://www.oceanbestpractices.net/handle/11329/447. Established in 2007 as a means to overcome the shortage of resources and capacity to provide quantitative data on ...