A power analysis of methods for assessment of change in seagrass cover

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 227-233

  Heidelbaugh, W Schlese ^a   Nelson, Walter G ^a  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Halodule wrightii; Percent cover; Sampling design; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

HALODULE WRIGHTII; HALOPHILA;

CORES; QUADRAT SURVEYS; SAMPLING METHODS; SEAGRASS; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 0029769731     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3770(95)01000-9     Document Type: Article

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