A sampling device that quantitatively collects benthos in flowing or standing waters |
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| Authors: | A. J. Boulton |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Zoology Department, Monash University, Clayton, 3168, Victoria |
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| Abstract: | A hand-operated suction sampler designed to sample benthos from fine to coarse rocky substrata in standing and flowing waters is described. The suction sampler collected a similar number of taxa but more individuals from a flowing riffle than a modified Surber sampler. A critique of the suction sampler is presented, illustrating the suitability of the sampler for quantitative studies of streams with highly variable discharge or intermittency. |
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| Keywords: | sampling device quantitative Surber sampler macro-invertebrates substrata variable discharge lotic lentic |
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