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Tab 1
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Research Article
Getting to the Point: Accuracy of Point Count in Monitoring Ecosystem Change
Table 1
Optimal point count (OPC, defined in the methods) for different mean percent cover values (
𝜇
) and levels of transect heterogeneity (
𝜇
).
μ
σ
= 0.2
μ
σ
= 0.4
μ
σ
= 0.6
μ
5
>600
260
137
10
382
98
62
20
174
46
26
30
97
22
13