Figure 4.4. Relationship between epibenthic sample size (y) and percentage change detection in the cable corridor for Shannon and Simpson indices.
As part of the cable corridor remains unsurveyed an estimated 3 additional stations are required to provide the necessary coverage for robust statistical analysis and to reach the requisite sample size of 6 stations throughout the entire cable area. This is in line with the 2010 study density (MESL, 2011) of 0.01 epibenthic stations per km2
. It is
recommended that 6 stations are surveyed throughout the cable corridor as a whole to avoid any temporal variation in data collected in different parts of the corridor.
