Weighting species abundance estimates for marine resource assessment

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 115-120

  Mumby, P J ^a,c   Clarke, K R ^b   Harborne, A R ^a  

^a Coral Cay Conservation ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS; BRAY-CURTIS COEFFICIENT; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SIMILARITY COEFFICIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES WEIGHTING;

EID: 0030436716     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199609)6:3<115::AID-AQC188>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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