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In this paper we consider a family of sampling designs for which increasing first-order inclusion probabilities imply, in a specific sense, increasing conditional inclusion probabilities. It is proved ...

With this approach, a second site (a baseline reference site) in a very similar watershed is monitored. Changes in the BMP site are compared to this baseline. The monitoring approach is greatly ...

In a simple random sample, each individual in the population has an equal probability of being chosen. Additionally, each sample of size n has an equal probability of being the chosen sample. This ...

This approach directly measures the change in the stream between two points. Typically it covers a relatively short reach of river so it may be easy to collect samples. If there are no changes in flow ...