The importance of cost-effectiveness sampling in the study of intertidal sandy beach meiofauna

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-53

  Esteves, André M ^a   Absalão, Ricardo S ^a,b   Da Silva, Vera M A P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Intertidal; Meiofauna; Sampling; Sandy beach

Indexed keywords

COST-EFFECTIVENESS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES; MEIOBENTHOS; MEIOFAUNA; SAMPLING; SANDY BEACH;

BRAZIL, RIO DE JANEIRO STATE, PRAIA VERMELHA;

EID: 0031464835     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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