[Coral-List] History of sampling methods for marine benthos

Pedro H. Rodríguez phernanrod at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 5 13:17:57 EDT 2011


Hello Alexis,
 
This is an interesting subject. As a suggestion, may I recommend including a discussion of the evolution of transect surveys for the taxonomic identification of the marine benthos. The advent of high-resolution video and video computer analysis (see e.g., Cruz et al., Brazilian Journal of Oceanography 56: 271-280 for an application) has made identification of the benthos more reliable than studies relying on in-situ identification.
 
Cheers,
Pedro H. Rodríguez


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