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| Transects may be used in any biological system that is approporiate to the educational and scientific mission. What is presented here are suggestions for choosing habitats; the list is not all-inclusive, but hopefully a stimulus for further selection and development of sites. |
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EXTERNAL SITES:
1. AQUATIC HABITATS:
a. Marine
- Water column (vertical and horizontal transects; use of satellite imagery)
- Rocky Intertidal
- Mud Flats
- Sandy Beaches
- Subtidal
- Cobble and Shingle Beaches
- Tide Pools
- Coral Reefs
- Thermal vent communities
- Ice Flow Communities
b. Estuarine
- Water column
- Mangrove communities
- Mud and sand flats
- Salt marshes
- Lagoons
- Docks and pilings
c. Fouling (Settlement) communities
d. Freshwater
- Lakes and ponds
- Ephemeral pools
- Rivers, streams and creeks
- Marshes
2. TERRESTRIAL HABITATS:
- Forest and woodland
- Grassland
- Savannah
- Chapparal
- Deserts
- Urban lot
- Agricultural fields
- Tundra
INTERNAL [LABORATORY BASED] SITES:
1. Microscopic communities: use of bacteria, protists, invertebrates, algae
- Petri dish populations
- Tissue culture populations
- Glass slide populations
2. Macroscopic habitats
- Aquaria - marine, estuarine and freshwater
- Terraria - desert to moist
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| Proceed to find out about the techniques used to analyse these transect photos. |
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