Impacts of Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) on the behavior of marine animals: an example using American lobsters

Authors

E. Spanier, University of Haifa
J. S. Cobb, University of Rhode Island
M. Clancy, University of Rhode Island

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

1-1-1994

Department

Zoology

Abstract

Presence of an ROV reduced feeding activities of juvenile clawed American lobsters Homarus americanus. If an ROV is to be used for obtaining behavioural data, it should be held stationary, without strobe flashes. The sound and light associated with normal operation should be minimized. -from Authors

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volume

104

Issue

3

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Spanier, E., J. S. Cobb, and M. Clancy. "Impacts of Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) on the behavior of marine animals: an example using American lobsters." Marine Ecology Progress Series 104, 3 (1994): 257-266. doi: 10.3354/meps104257.