Conventional sampling methods severely underestimate phytoplankton species richness

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 334-343

  Rodríguez Ramos, Tamara ^a   Dornelas, María ^b   Marañeón, Emilio ^a   Cermeñeo, Pedro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diversity; Neutral models; Phytoplankton; Rare species; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; SAMPLING; SEAWATER; SIMULATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 84897979017     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbt115     Document Type: Article

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