Statistical methods to determine sample size for the estimation of species richness and species' abundances in benthic communities

Archive of Fishery and Marine Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-223

  Schleier, Ulrike ^a   Van Bernem, Karl Heinz ^b  

^a Fachhochschule Wilhelmshaven   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; ESTIMATION METHOD; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032448511     PISSN: 09441921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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