Statistical tools for monitoring benthic communities

Senckenbergiana Maritima

Volumn 29, Issue 1-6, 1998, Pages 63-76

  Pfeifer, Dietmar ^a   Bäumer, Hans Peter ^b   Dekker, Rob ^c   Schleier, Ulrike ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d Fachhochschule Wilhelmshaven   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation policy; Diversity indices; Economic development; Minimal areas; Monitoring; Multi criteria model for policy decisions; Non metric multidimensional scaling; Statistics; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; MONITORING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345465605     PISSN: 0080889X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043944     Document Type: Article

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