A Deeper Look at Hawaiian Coral Reef Fish Assemblages: A Comparison of Survey Approaches and Assessments of Shallow to Mesophotic Communities
This PhD provides a comparative analysis between underwater visual censuses, and provides new information on shallow to mesophotic reef fishes/predator communities in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Results show that 1.) 60-minute, baited surveys were most effective in capturing overall populations, 2.) f...
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Curtin University
2017
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| author | Asher, Jacob |
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| description | This PhD provides a comparative analysis between underwater visual censuses, and provides new information on shallow to mesophotic reef fishes/predator communities in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Results show that 1.) 60-minute, baited surveys were most effective in capturing overall populations, 2.) functional group composition shifts between shallow water, upper, and lower-mesophotic zones in the MHI, as do top-level predators in both the MHI and NWHI, and 3.) predator abundances remain inconsistent between diver and video-based methodologies. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-596862017-12-18T02:12:23Z A Deeper Look at Hawaiian Coral Reef Fish Assemblages: A Comparison of Survey Approaches and Assessments of Shallow to Mesophotic Communities Asher, Jacob This PhD provides a comparative analysis between underwater visual censuses, and provides new information on shallow to mesophotic reef fishes/predator communities in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Results show that 1.) 60-minute, baited surveys were most effective in capturing overall populations, 2.) functional group composition shifts between shallow water, upper, and lower-mesophotic zones in the MHI, as do top-level predators in both the MHI and NWHI, and 3.) predator abundances remain inconsistent between diver and video-based methodologies. 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59686 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Asher, Jacob A Deeper Look at Hawaiian Coral Reef Fish Assemblages: A Comparison of Survey Approaches and Assessments of Shallow to Mesophotic Communities |
| title | A Deeper Look at Hawaiian Coral Reef Fish Assemblages: A Comparison of Survey Approaches and Assessments of Shallow to Mesophotic Communities |
| title_full | A Deeper Look at Hawaiian Coral Reef Fish Assemblages: A Comparison of Survey Approaches and Assessments of Shallow to Mesophotic Communities |
| title_fullStr | A Deeper Look at Hawaiian Coral Reef Fish Assemblages: A Comparison of Survey Approaches and Assessments of Shallow to Mesophotic Communities |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Deeper Look at Hawaiian Coral Reef Fish Assemblages: A Comparison of Survey Approaches and Assessments of Shallow to Mesophotic Communities |
| title_short | A Deeper Look at Hawaiian Coral Reef Fish Assemblages: A Comparison of Survey Approaches and Assessments of Shallow to Mesophotic Communities |
| title_sort | deeper look at hawaiian coral reef fish assemblages: a comparison of survey approaches and assessments of shallow to mesophotic communities |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59686 |