Assessing marine plankton community structure from long-term monitoring data with multivariate autoregressive (MAR) models: A comparison of fixed station versus spatially distributed sampling data

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 10, Issue JANUARY, 2012, Pages 54-64

  Scheef, Lindsay P ^a   Pendleton, Daniel E ^b   Hampton, Stephanie E ^a   Katz, Stephen L ^c   Holmes, Elizabeth E ^b   Scheuerell, Mark D ^b   Johns, David G ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary   (United States)

^d THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84861771083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2012.10.54     Document Type: Article

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