Sampling errors and variability in video transects for assessment of reef fish assemblage structure and diversity

• Stijn Bruneel ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: stijn.bruneel@ugent.be

  Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Marine Biology Research Group, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8226-8080

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• Long Ho,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Wout Van Echelpoel,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9636-5861

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• Amber Schoeters,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Heleen Raat,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Tom Moens,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marine Biology Research Group, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6544-9210

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• Rafael Bermudez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Galapagos Marine Research and Exploration, GMaRE, Joint ESPOL-CDF Program, Charles Darwin Research Station, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Facultad de Ingeniería Marítima y Ciencias del Mar, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil, Ecuador

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• Stijn Luca,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6781-7870

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• Peter Goethals

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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