Occurrence and activity of mobile macrofauna on a sublittoral reef:Diel and seasonal variation

• Main Authors: Nickell, Lois A, Sayer, Martin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: IRELAND; COD GADUS-MORHUA; WEST-COAST; UNDERWATER TELEVISION OBSERVATIONS; BEHAVIOR; Marine & Freshwater Biology; GOBIUS-CRUENTATUS; GOBIIDAE; HABITAT SELECTION; ATLANTIC COD; THOROGOBIUS-EPHIPPIATUS TELEOSTEI; Rugosa; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua; Homarus gammarus
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/89900296-caef-4754-ad7a-327ed9160b0b

Underwater television observations were made of mobile macrofauna inhabiting two parts of a sublittoral reef on the west coast of Scotland for 48h periods in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Continuous occurrence profiles (mean hourly frequency of occurrence, %) were detailed for 12 species of fis...