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A SIMPLE METHOD OF ASSESSING THE ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF STREAM BENTHOS 1
Author(s) -
Hynes H. B. N.,
Coleman Mary J.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1968.13.4.0569
Subject(s) - simple (philosophy) , production (economics) , benthic zone , environmental science , series (stratigraphy) , computer science , hydrology (agriculture) , oceanography , geology , philosophy , epistemology , economics , macroeconomics , paleontology , geotechnical engineering
It is possible to calculate the annual production of stream benthic animals from data obtained from a series of good quantitative samples collected at intervals during the year. The method is explained and its limitations and shortcomings are discussed. This seems at present to be the only simple and direct method of estimating production.