Sample size in the monitoring of benthic macrofauna in the profundal of lakes: Evaluation of the precision of estimates

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 322, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 301-315

  Veijola, Heikki ^a   Meriläinen, Jarmo J ^a   Marttila, Virpi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

benthos; biomonitoring; bootstrap sampling; Ekman grab; methods; profundal; sample size

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS;

BENTHOS; EKMAN GRAB; MACROFAUNA; MONITORING; PROFUNDAL ZONE; SAMPLE SIZE;

FINLAND, LAKE HAUKIVESI; FINLAND, LAKE PAASIVESI; FINLAND, LAKE PURUVESI;

EID: 0029660245     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00031843     Document Type: Conference Paper

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