De l'heuristique au thaumaturgique en traitement des données d'écologie marine

In an answer to FRONTIER (1975)à the authors try to define their philosophy about data processing by mathematical methods in marine ecology. They point out that the ecologist may not expect miracles from these methods, but that, correctly used, they provide an especially heuristic tool if not a thaumaturgic one. They first discuss the exact suggest the main features of what should be any correct strategg in data processing, and try to give FRONTIER an answer on certain precise topics. [NOT CONTROLLED OCR]