Minimal sampling requirements for a precise assessment of soft-bottom macrobenthic communities, using AMBI

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 349, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 323-333

  Muxika, Iñigo ^a   Ibaibarriaga, Leire ^a   Sáiz, José Ignacio ^b   Borja, Ángel ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

AMBI index; Bootstrap method; Minimal area; Minimal replicate number; Sampling efficiency

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; INDEX METHOD; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MACROBENTHOS; SAMPLING; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34547582312     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.05.026     Document Type: Article

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