Table 9. Number of stations (n s ) and number of times per year(n t ) to 

 sample the shore-zone to minimize the rariance and maintain 

 the current cost (362 personnel-hrs per year) 



Name 



Current 

 Variance 



Number of 

 Reps 



Number of 

 Stations 



Number of 

 Times 



New 

 Variance 



Total Catch 

 Total Catch 

 Total Catch 

 Ammodytes sp. 

 Ammodytes sp. 

 Ammodytes sp. 

 A. quadracus 

 A. quadracus 



A. quadracus 



B. tyrannus 

 B. tyrannus 

 B. tyrannus 

 Fundulus spp. 

 Fundulus spp. 

 Fundulus spp. 

 Menidia spp. 

 Menidia spp. 

 Menidia spp. 



0.0764041 

 0.0764041 

 0.0764041 

 0.0018230 

 0.0018230 

 0.0018230 

 0.0079319 

 0.0079319 

 0.0079319 

 0.0007922 

 0.0007922 

 0.0007922 

 0.0322798 

 0.0322798 

 0.0322798 

 0.0576520 

 0.0576520 

 0.0576520 



7 



5 



4 



<1 



<1 



<1 



<1 



<1 



<1 



<1 



<1 



<1 



2 



1 



1 



5 



4 



3 



15 

 12 

 11 

 38 

 38 

 37 

 36 

 35 

 34 

 39 

 39 

 39 

 27 

 24 

 22 

 22 

 18 

 15 



0.053829 

 0.070405 

 0.083634 

 0.031068 

 0.038306 

 0.044363 

 0.113568 

 0.158400 

 0.193060 

 0.031494 

 0.033890 

 0.036127 

 0.075532 

 0.105155 

 0.127989 

 0.043656 

 0.056877 

 0.067151 



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