Detecting change in intertidal species richness on sandy beaches: Calibrating across sampling designs

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 150, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 58-66

  Schooler, Nicholas K ^a   Dugan, Jenifer E ^a   Hubbard, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystems; Extrapolation; Macroinvertebrates; Methodology; Non parametric estimators

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH PROFILE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84910005218     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.10.016     Document Type: Article

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