Preliminary estimation of optimal sample size for assessing the recruitment of Mesodesma donacium (Lamarck, 1818) on beaches of central-north Chile: Application of the power analysis;Estimación preliminar del número óptimo de muestras para la evaluación del reclutamiento en Mesodesma donacium (Lamarck, 1818) en playas del centro-norte de Chile: Aplicación del análisis de poder

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-375

  Ortiz, Marco A ^a   Stotz, Wolfgang B ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Effect size; Intermediate beaches; Mesodesma; Recruitment; Statistical power analysis

Indexed keywords

RECRUITMENT; SAMPLING; SHELLFISH FISHERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

(NORTH); CHILE;

BIVALVIA; MESODESMA; MESODESMA DONACIUM;

EID: 0141461384     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v29i3.150     Document Type: Article

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