Accuracy of pitfall traps for monitoring populations of the amphipod Orchestia gammarella (Pallas 1766) in saltmarshes

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 314-316

  Mantzouki, Evanthia ^a   Ysnel, Frédéric ^b   Carpentier, Alexandre ^b   Pétillon, Julien ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

France; Indicator species; Intertidal environment; Monitoring; Mont Saint Michel Bay; Normandy; North West Europe; Sampling methods; Secondary production

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AMPHIPOD; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; BIRD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; FISH; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION SIZE; SALTMARSH; SAMPLING; SAND; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

BASSE NORMANDIE; FRANCE; MANCHE; MONT SAINT MICHEL BAY;

AMPHIPODA; AVES; ORCHESTIA GAMMARELLA;

EID: 84867917370     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.07.022     Document Type: Article

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