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A Statistical Study of the Variation in Vertical Plankton Hauls, with Special Reference to the Loss of the Catch with Divided Hauls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

H. Barnes
H. Barnes
Affiliation:
The Marine Station, Millport
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The analysis of data on replicate vertical plankton hauls gives a value of the order of 35 % for the coefficient of variation of a single observation for a haul of moderate length. The results are similar to those presented by Winsor & Walford (1936), and Winsor & Clarke (1940); and are not at variance with the suggestion that the animals are randomly distributed, and that the variations obtained are largely dependent upon variation in the volume of water filtered by the net.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , October 1949 , pp. 429 - 446
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1949

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