Evaluation of invertebrate biometrics and the influence of subsample size using data from some Westland, New Zealand, lowland streams

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 117-128

  Duggan, Ian C ^a   Collier, Kevin J ^a   Lambert, Paul W ^a  

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

Author keywords

Accuracy; Biomonitoring; Macroinvertebrates; Methods; New Zealand; Variability

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; BIOMONITORING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0036259319     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2002.9517075     Document Type: Article

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