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Sample size in the monitoring of benthic macrofauna in the profundal of lakes: evaluation of the precision of estimates

Heikki VeijolaVirpi MarttilaJarmo J. Meriläinen

subject

Accuracy and precisionBenthosEcologyBenthic zoneSample size determinationStatisticsEnvironmental scienceSampling (statistics)Profundal zoneDeep water

description

We discuss here the influence of sample size (number of replicates) on the accuracy and precision of the results when sampling profundal benthos with an Ekman grab according to the Finnish standard, SFS 5076, which is equivalent to the Swedish and Norwegian standards. The aim was to find criteria for choosing a sample size which would avoid any powerful influence of chance on the results without entailing an unreasonable amount of work for monitoring purposes.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1996-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1655-5_46