Instrument: larval fish collector

The Standard Monitoring Unit for the recruitment of Reef Fishes (SMURF) consists of a cylinder of fine mesh plastic grid that contains a folded section of larger mesh plastic grid.

See Ammann, A.J. 2004. SMURFs: standard monitoring units for the recruitment of temperate reef fishes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 299:135– 154. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2003.08.014