A more cost-effective EMAP benthic macrofaunal sampling protocol

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 275-290

  Ferraro, Steven P ^a   Cole, Faith A ^a   Olsen, Anthony R ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macrofauna; Cost effective; Cumulative distribution functions; EMAP; Linear scale transformation; Monitoring; Sample unit; Sieve mesh size; Tillamook Bay

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC MACROFAUNA; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; LINEAR SCALE TRANSFORMATION; SIEVE MESH SIZE;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOSYSTEMS; MONITORING; SAMPLING;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COST; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MACROBENTHOS;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIELD STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MACROFAUNA; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SEA POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OREGON; RIVERS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; TILLAMOOK BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745133098     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-7360-8     Document Type: Article

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