Dispersion statistics and sample size estimates for three fish species (Symphodus ocellatus, Serranus scriba and Diplodus annularis) in the Lavezzi islands marine reserve (South Corsica, Mediterranean Sea)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-34

  Mouillot, David ^a,b   Culioli, Jean Michel ^c   Lepretre, Alain ^d   Tomasini, Jean Antoine ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b Office de l'Environnement de la Corse   (France)

^c Reserve Naturelle Iles Cerbicale L   (France)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass; Fish; Optimum sample size; Spatial distribution; Taylor's power law

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FRANCE;

EID: 0032744576     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.1999.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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