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Quantitative Considerations in Mudflat Ecology

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Mudflat Ecology

Part of the book series: Aquatic Ecology Series ((AQEC,volume 7))

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Basic themes relevant to quantitative mudflat ecology are presented and explored, with examples: classical and informed-probability statistics, spatial and temporal analyses, allometric modelling, replication and pseudoreplication. The common thread is the necessity of evaluating evidence to arrive at a judgement of scientific credibility.

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Beninger, P.G., Boldina, I. (2018). Quantitative Considerations in Mudflat Ecology. In: Beninger, P. (eds) Mudflat Ecology. Aquatic Ecology Series, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99194-8_15

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