Biodiversity Metrics

[sarahcrisley]

Very clear video describing these concepts. A few questions:

• Do SADs have specific requirements for the type/quality of empirical data? Minimum sample sizes? Preferred sampling methods?
• Can SADs be applied when sampling is not exhaustive? e.g. I'm looking at bivalve species, but only sample commercially important bivalve species vs all bivalves present in the study area.
• Can age/size structure be incorporated into SADs? Thinking about this in terms of fisheries, where size/age is an indicator of % harvestable resource and can be used to predict future harvestable populations.