On the suitability of an allometric proxy for nondestructive estimation of average leaf dry weight in eelgrass shoots I: sensitivity analysis and examination of the influences of data quality, analysis method, and sample size on precision

Distribution of eelgrass leaf dry weight and linked area values in raw data. Dispersion shows a masked power function-like trend. Deviations from this trend are more manifest for areas under 350 mm2 and also for those bigger than 5000 mm2. This suggests data quality effects on accuracy of allometric projection