Effect of sampling effort on the efficiency of the timed search method for sampling freshwater mussel communities

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 725-732

  Metcalfe Smith, J L ^a   Di Maio, J ^a   Staton, S K ^a   Mackie, G L ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Freshwater mussels; Rare species; Sampling methods, endangered species

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MOLLUSC; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0034493841     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468129     Document Type: Review

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