Sampling patchily distributed taxa: A case study using cost-benefit analyses for sponges and ascidians in coastal lakes of New South Wales, Australia

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 319, Issue , 2006, Pages 55-64

  Barnes, P B ^a   Davis, A R ^a   Roberts, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Estuarine and Freshwater Ecology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Cost Benefit analyses; Lakes; Patchiness; Sponges

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SALINE LAKE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPONGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ASCIDIACEA; INVERTEBRATA; PORIFERA;

EID: 33947325649     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3354/meps319055     Document Type: Article

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