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Diversity Indices
Diversity is composed of / \ richness eveness (# of taxa) (distrib. of indiv. among taxa)
Note: richness alone often useful but problems: - does not take # of individuals into account
- very dependent on sample size unless large
Sequential Comparison Index
• Developed for use in 3rd world countries
• Main advantage – no taxonomic expertise required
• Measures probability of next sampled organism being the same as the last one
• Will go over how to calculate in lab