Development of New Methods for Quantifying Fish Density Using Underwater Stereo-video ToolsChristian Denney 1, Ryan Fields 1, Mary Gleason 2, Richard Starr 1
1Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 2The Nature Conservancy
We describe a new method for counting fishes, and estimating relative abundance (MaxN) and fish density using rotating stereo-video camera systems. We also demonstrate how to use distance from camera (Z distance) to estimate species-specific detectability.
