Improving the precision of longitudinal ecological surveys using precisely defined observational units

Environmetrics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-293

  Ryan, Daniel A J ^a   Heyward, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Ecological survey design; Transect methodology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CORAL REEF; METHODOLOGY; TRANSECT;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0038067725     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.586     Document Type: Article

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