Using variance components to estimate power in a hierarchically nested sampling design

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dc.contributor.author Dinsmore, Stephen
dc.contributor.author Dzul, Maria
dc.contributor.author Dixon, Philip
dc.contributor.author Quist, Michael
dc.contributor.author Dixon, Philip
dc.contributor.author Dinsmore, Stephen
dc.contributor.author Bower, Michael
dc.contributor.author Wilson, Kevin
dc.contributor.author Gaines, D. Bailey
dc.contributor.department Natural Resource Ecology and Management
dc.contributor.department Statistics
dc.date 2018-02-17T11:33:05.000
dc.date.accessioned 2020-07-02T06:57:54Z
dc.date.available 2020-07-02T06:57:54Z
dc.date.issued 2013-01-01
dc.description.abstract <p>We used variance components to assess allocation of sampling effort in a hierarchically nested sampling design for ongoing monitoring of early life history stages of the federally endangered Devils Hole pupfish (DHP) (<em>Cyprinodon diabolis</em>)<em>.</em> Sampling design for larval DHP included surveys (5 days each spring 2007–2009), events, and plots. Each survey was comprised of three counting events, where DHP larvae on nine plots were counted plot by plot. Statistical analysis of larval abundance included three components: (1) evaluation of power from various sample size combinations, (2) comparison of power in fixed and random plot designs, and (3) assessment of yearly differences in the power of the survey. Results indicated that increasing the sample size at the lowest level of sampling represented the most realistic option to increase the survey’s power, fixed plot designs had greater power than random plot designs, and the power of the larval survey varied by year. This study provides an example of how monitoring efforts may benefit from coupling variance components estimation with power analysis to assess sampling design.</p>
dc.description.comments <p>This is an article from <em>Environmental Monitoring and Assessment</em> 185 (2013): 405, doi:<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-012-2562-8" target="_blank">10.1007/s10661-012-2562-8</a>. Posted with permission.</p>
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dc.source.uri 10.1007/s10661-012-2562-8
dc.subject.disciplines Natural Resources and Conservation
dc.subject.disciplines Natural Resources Management and Policy
dc.subject.disciplines Statistics and Probability
dc.subject.keywords Devils hole
dc.subject.keywords Power analysis
dc.subject.keywords Nested sampling design
dc.subject.keywords Variance components
dc.subject.keywords Pupfish
dc.title Using variance components to estimate power in a hierarchically nested sampling design
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