Survey design for detecting rare freshwater mussels

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 701-711

  Smith, David R ^a  

^a LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Detectability; Occupancy; Probability of species detection; Qualitative sampling; Rare populations; Species presence; Timed search; Unionid

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MOLLUSC; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RARE SPECIES; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVEY DESIGN; THRESHOLD;

ALLEGHENY RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

CLAVA; EPIOBLASMA TORULOSA RANGIANA; PLEUROBEMA CLAVA;

EID: 33747586331     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)25[701:SDFDRF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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