Effect of different sampling designs and methods on the estimation of secondary production: A simulation

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 38-48

  Cusson, Mathieu ^a   Plante, Jean François ^b   Genest, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MYTILIDAE;

EID: 33646561858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2006.4.38     Document Type: Article

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