BIOLOGY Volume 2 - A Guide to General Biology - 2004

11. QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGY

11.4. Synecological Study

11.4.2. Species Identification and Abundance Estimation

Survey the area using line and belt transects, quadrats, and the Levy point frame, as described in Section 11.2.2. Identify the organisms using appropriate identification keys, and either count their numbers directly or estimate their Abundance as described in Section 11.2.3.

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