Subsampling of benthic samples: A defense of the fixed-count method

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 386-391

  Barbour, Michael T ^a,b   Gerritsen, Jeroen ^a,c  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0029794973     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467285     Document Type: Article

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