Sampling benthic macroinvertebrates in a large flood-plain river: Considerations of study design, sample size, and cost

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 425-439

  Bartsch, Lynn A ^a   Richardson, William B ^a   Naimo, Teresa J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; STATISTICAL POWER ANALYSIS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; RIVERS; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SAMPLING; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLAM; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SAMPLE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES, UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER;

ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMERIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAGENIA; INVERTEBRATA; MUSCULIUM;

EID: 0032171283     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005802715051     Document Type: Article

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