Sampling strategies to evaluate the status of offshore soft sediment assemblages

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 880-894

  Rogers, Stuart I ^a   Somerfield, Paul J ^b   Schratzberger, Michaela ^a   Warwick, Richard ^b   Maxwell, Tracy A D ^a   Ellis, Jim R ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assemblage; Cost benefit; Power analysis; Sampling; Status; Taxonomic distinctness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEMS; SAMPLING;

HABITAT SITES; POWER ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMIC DISTINCTNESS;

SEDIMENTS;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; RELATEDNESS; SAMPLING; SEAFLOOR; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DENSITY; SILICON DIOXIDE;

NEMATODA;

EID: 43049179956     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.01.035     Document Type: Article

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