Sampling design of monitoring programmes for marine benthos: A comparison between the use of fixed versus randomly selected stations

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 167-179

  Van der Meer, Jaap ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Finite population sampling; Long term monitoring; Macrozoobenthos; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030996951     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(97)00007-5     Document Type: Article

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