<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">In ecological studies, the population of interest is often spread over a large area. In these studies, obtaining a sample with good spatial coverage is an important feature in the design of a survey. In most cases adjacent, or neighbouring, units are more similar than units further apart and the resulting spatial autocorrelation should be taken into account.Two dimensional systematic sampling (grid-based sampling) is one conventional method that has been used in environmental studies to achieve spatial coverage of the area.Balanced Acceptance Sampling (BAS) is a new method for selecting well spread out sampling units over the study area.In this paper we will compare the BAS design and two dimensional systematic sampling for selecting samples (quadrats) from a large area, using a case study of a crab species from an intertidal marine zone in Qatar.</abstract>

In ecological studies, the population of interest is often spread over a large area. In these studies, obtaining a sample with good spatial coverage is an important feature in the design of a survey. In most cases adjacent, or neighbouring, units are more similar than units further apart and the resulting spatial autocorrelation should be taken into account.Two dimensional systematic sampling (grid-based sampling) is one conventional method that has been used in environmental studies to achieve spatial coverage of the area.Balanced Acceptance Sampling (BAS) is a new method for selecting well spread out sampling units over the study area.In this paper we will compare the BAS design and two dimensional systematic sampling for selecting samples (quadrats) from a large area, using a case study of a crab species from an intertidal marine zone in Qatar.

Application of Balanced Acceptance Sampling to an Intertidal Survey

Dept. of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics

Dept. of Biological & Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Science

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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In ecological studies, the population of interest is often spread over a large area. In these studies, obtaining a sample with good spatial coverage is an...

Application of Balanced Acceptance Sampling to an Intertidal Survey

Published Online: Jul 14, 2017

Page range: 96 - 107

Received: Mar 28, 2017

Accepted: Jun 04, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jlecol-2017-0012

Keywords
Two dimensional systematic sampling, Balanced acceptance sampling, Quadrat, Crustacea, Spatial autocorrelation

© 2017 Naeimeh Abi et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Application of Balanced Acceptance Sampling to an Intertidal Survey

Published Online: Jul 14, 2017

Page range: 96 - 107

Received: Mar 28, 2017

Accepted: Jun 04, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jlecol-2017-0012

KeywordsTwo dimensional systematic sampling, Balanced acceptance sampling, Quadrat, Crustacea, Spatial autocorrelation

© 2017 Naeimeh Abi et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Two dimensional systematic sampling, Balanced acceptance sampling, Quadrat, Crustacea, Spatial autocorrelation