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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:10:35 EST
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- From: NINA@CATHAR.JCU.EDU.AU
- Subject: A question about survey scale
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- Dear Netters
-
- I am trying to determine at what scale data from two different
- surveys should be represented. Both surveys covered approximately
- 2000 km of coastline and were therefore reconnaissance surveys. One
- was designed to estimate marine mammal populations while the other
- was to determine the location of prominent seagrass habitats.
-
- The marine mammal aerial survey was flown at 450 feet with strip
- transect widths of 200 meters. The transects were from 4.65 km (2.5
- nautical miles) to 9.3 km (5 nautical miles) apart and from 21.6 km
- (13.4 miles) to 53 km (33 miles) in length. The final
- distribution maps (showing number of individuals/ square km) were
- represented at 1:1,000,000 scale.
-
- The seagrass survey was undertaken by diving off the shore and
- from boats. Line transects 5 km long were swum for 15m at 200m
- intervals. the transects were 10 km apart. Spot check dives were made
- once every nautical mile to asses if the seagrass distribution had
- changed. Generally the presence/absence of seagrass was noted, as
- well as the percent cover of any beds. The results were plotted on
- 1:150,000 navigation charts used during the field work.
-
- My questions are:
- Given the sampling regimes I have described, have these surveys
- been represented at an adequate scale? If not
- What scale should the final surveys be mapped (allowing for
- accuracy of 90%)?
- Do I need more information before any decision can be made?
-
- Any answers or comments would be greatly appreciated.
- Thank you
-
- Nina Morissette
- MSc student
- nina@CATHAR.jcu.edu
-