Ocean Ecology carries out both quantitative (e.g., stratified vertical quadrat surveys or random sampling along a horizontal transect, and identification and enumeration of intertidal organisms; see Marine Foreshore Environmental Assessment Procedures, Physical Shore-Zone Mapping System for British Columbia, and Coastal/Estuarine Fish Habitat Description and Assessment Manual, Part II, Habitat Description Procedures) and qualitative (e.g., photodocumentation; see Photo Point Monitoring Protocols and Measuring Aea/Length of Organisms with GIS) shoreline surveys. Handheld GPS units are used for georeferencing of data.
Data is recorded using android tablets and survey software, such as CyberTracker, and later uploaded into a GIS program for further mapping and data analyses.
