{"title":"Bias in the shoreline development index: Ecological implications illustrated with an analysis of littoral-pelagic habitat coupling","authors":"D. Seekell , B.B. Cael","doi":"10.1016/j.limno.2024.126173","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We reexamined the relationship between the shoreline development index and metrics of habitat coupling using a bias-corrected variant of the shoreline development index. Our findings suggest that previously reported correlations may be artifacts of scale-dependent bias in shoreline development index measurements. The results highlight the need for careful measurement when seeking to understand links between lake morphology and ecological processes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51110,"journal":{"name":"Limnologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Limnologica","FirstCategoryId":"93","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0075951124000264","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"LIMNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We reexamined the relationship between the shoreline development index and metrics of habitat coupling using a bias-corrected variant of the shoreline development index. Our findings suggest that previously reported correlations may be artifacts of scale-dependent bias in shoreline development index measurements. The results highlight the need for careful measurement when seeking to understand links between lake morphology and ecological processes.
期刊介绍:
Limnologica is a primary journal for limnologists, aquatic ecologists, freshwater biologists, restoration ecologists and ecotoxicologists working with freshwater habitats.