Measuring species richness on sandy beach transects: Extrapolative estimators and their implications for sampling effort

Marine Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 134-149

  Schoeman, David S ^a   Nel, Ronel ^b   Goulart Soares, Alexandre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Extrapolative; Intertidal; Macrobenthos; Sampling; Sandy beaches; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BIODIVERSITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 44849120105     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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