| What is a Transect? When you put Quadrats on the Transect what does it Become? Why is it Useful? | -This is literally just a Line.
-Adding Quadrats will make it become a Belt Transect.
-Transects can show how the Distribution of the Organism will Change throughout the Area. |
| How to do a Belt Transect? | -Mark out a Line using a Tape Measure
-Have a Quadrat at the Beginning of the Line, and Count and Record the Organism there
-Then, use a Systemic Sampling Method where you put Quadrats every 2m - use an nth term
-Or just do Quadrats that Touch each other Covering the Entire Transect - very Precise but think about how you would Feel
-You also may want to record the Abiotic Factors as you Record the Organisms - just to give you a more Clear Conclusion |
| How to do, and Why would you do a Percentage Cover? | -Percentage Covers is just seeing the Percentage Area of the Quadrat that is Covered by a Specific Organism.
-Useful to do when its Difficult to Count the Individual Organisms in the Quadrat [Grass, or Plants]
-A Kite Diagram may be Followed after |
| Describe how to make a Kite Diagram, and Say what it can Show | -Kite Diagrams has the Y axis = % of Abundance of Organism [Look at the Percentage Cover] X axis = Distance along the Transect. Simple
-What the Kite Diagram show is that at a Certain Distance, there will be a Certain Percentage of the Organism that covers the Quadrat |
