Effective long-term ecological monitoring using spatially and temporally nested sampling

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 295-307

  Hewitt, J E ^a   Thrush, S F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ecological status; Monitoring design; Multi year cycles; Nested; Seasonal cycles; Spatial scale; Time series

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MONITORING; ECOLOGICAL STATUS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; SAMPLING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HARBOR; NEST SITE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAXON; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34548726930     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9584-z     Document Type: Article

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