SmeltCam: Underwater Video Codend for Trawled Nets with an Application to the Distribution of the Imperiled Delta Smelt. e67829

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 8; no. 7
• Main Authors: Feyrer, Frederick, Portz, Donald, Odum, Darren, Newman, Ken B, Sommer, Ted, Contreras, Dave, Baxter, Randall, Slater, Steven B, Sereno, Deanna, Nieuwenhuyse, Erwin Van
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.07.2013
• Subjects: Brackish; Hypomesus transpacificus; INE, USA, California, San Francisco Estuary

Studying rare and sensitive species is a challenge in conservation biology. The problem is exemplified by the case of the imperiled delta smelt Hypomesus transpacificus, a small delicate fish species endemic to the San Francisco Estuary, California. Persistent record-low levels of abundance and rela...