Effect of sampling design on abundance estimates of benthic invertebrates in environmental monitoring studies

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-24

  Cabral, Henrique N ^a   Murta, Alberto G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adaptive sampling; Benthic invertebrates; Environmental monitoring; Sample size; Sampling design

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; INVERTEBRATE; SAMPLING BIAS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY;

CILIOPHORA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYDORA; POLYDORA CILIATA; SCROBICULARIA PLANA; SPHAEROMA; SPHAEROMA MONODI; STREBLOSPIO; STREBLOSPIO SHRUBSOLII;

EID: 4444227587     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps276019     Document Type: Article

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