Multiscale Experiments in Coastal Ecology: Improving Realism and Advancing Theory

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1181-1197

  Petersen, John E ^a   Kemp, W Michael ^g   Bartleson, Rick ^c   Boynton, Walter R ^b   Chen, Chung Chi ^e   Cornwell, Jeffrey C ^g   Gardner, Robert H ^b   Hinkle, Deborah C ^b   Houde, Edward D ^b   Malone, Thomas C ^g   Mowitt, William R ^d   Murray, Laura ^g   Sanford, Lawrence P ^g   Stevenson, J Court ^g   Sundberg, Karen L ^f   Suttles, Steve E ^b  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g Appalachian Laboratory ^*

Author keywords

Experimental design; Extrapolation; Mesocosm; Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345832395     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[1181:MEICEI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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