Suppose that you want to recreate shulte's study in the great wicomico river and make nine reef complexes as shown above. you would need to collect data on oyster density, but due to time and monetary constraints it would be impossible for you to sample oyster populations on each reef type in every complex. which of these sampling protocols would you use to obtain the most representative data of oyster growth on the three reef types?

The best sampling protocol to be used here include Random Sampling approach to select sites on different reef types from several of the reef complexes.

Explanation:

Random sampling is a part of the sampling technique in which each sample has an equal probability of being chosen.

Simple random sampling is most appropriate when the entire population from which the sample is taken is homogeneous. The sample here is Oyster Density.

Another justification for the use of Random sampling is the size of the population. We are talking about nine reef complexes here. The advantages of a simple random sample include its ease of use and its accurate representation of the larger population.

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