Staggered nested designs to identify hierarchical scales of variability

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 891-896

  Cole, Russell G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clam; Scale; Spatial pattern; Staggered nested design

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MOLLUSC; SAMPLING; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AUSTROVENUS; AUSTROVENUS STUTCHBURYI; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0035716631     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2001.9517051     Document Type: Article

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