Implications for monitoring: Study designs and interpretation of results

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2629-2636

  Green, Roger H ^a   Montagna, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MACROFAUNA; MEIOFAUNA; MONITORING; SEDIMENT QUALITY TRIAD; SURVEY DESIGN IMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0030429065     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-219     Document Type: Article

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