Getting to the Point: Accuracy of Point Count in Monitoring Ecosystem Change
Ecological monitoring programs depend on the robust estimation of descriptive parameters. Percent cover, gleaned from transects sampled with video imagery, is a popular benthic ecology descriptor often estimated using point counting, an image-based method for identifying substrate types beneath rand...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Marine Biology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/802875 |