Shoreline Surveys

Northcoast cobble beach.

Ocean Ecology carries out both quantitative (e.g., stratified vertical quadrat surveys, random sampling along a horizontal transect, identification and enumeration of intertidal organisms) and qualitative (e.g., photodocumentation) shoreline surveys. Handheld GPS units are used for georeferencing of data.

Eelgrass in the intertidal zone.

Mixed seaweeds in the intertidal zone.

Data is recorded using PDAs and survey software, such as CyberTracker (see link below), and later uploaded into a GIS program for further mapping and data analyses.

Northcoast rocky shore.