Lack of light colour effects when sampling fish at night in low visibility environments

Sasha K. Whitmarsh; Peter G. Fairweather; Charlie Huveneers

doi:10.1111/jfb.14058

Lack of light colour effects when sampling fish at night in low visibility environments

Sasha K. Whitmarsh, Peter G. Fairweather, Charlie Huveneers

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Abstract

We compared night deployments of Baited Remote Underwater Video Stations (BRUVS) in South Australia, illuminated by either red or blue light and found similar species compositions and abundances with both colours. We observed c. 1800 individuals from 52 species across 107 night-time deployments, with only one site out of six showing differences in assemblages between the two colours. With five out of six sites showing similarities between light colours our results differ from previous results and more generally suggest that the most suitable colour can differ among studies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	952-955
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Fish Biology
Volume	95
Issue number	3
Early online date	24 May 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14058
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2019

Keywords

baited video
BRUVS
fish communities
nocturnal
temperate

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