Faster, Higher and Stronger? The Pros and Cons of Molecular Faunal Data for Assessing Ecosystem Condition

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-40

  Dafforn, Katherine A ^a,b   Baird, Donald J ^c   Chariton, Anthony A ^d   Sun, Melanie Y ^a,b   Brown, Mark V ^a   Simpson, Stuart L ^d   Kelaher, Brendan P ^e   Johnston, Emma L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Big data; Biomonitoring; Molecular; Morphological

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919459044     PISSN: 00652504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-099970-8.00003-8     Document Type: Chapter

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