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    • Experiments and sampling File PDF

      Logic of experiments. Manipulative and meansurative experiments. Factors and response variables. Fixed and random factors. Crossed and nested factors. Multifactorial experimental designs. Examples from marine studies. Confounded designs. BACI designs and environmental impact assessment in the marine environment. Sampling units. Common assessments. Biomass, cover, frequency, density. Sampling methods: destructive and non-destructive methods. Examples. Sample processing. Photographic sampling, belt transects, box-corers, grabs, dredging. Data matrices.