CARAMOAN FIELDWORK OUTPUT

TITLE
: Application of Transect Line Sampling in Coral Ecosystem
COURSE TITLE
LEC/LAB INSTRUCTOR
DATE PERFORMED
DATE SUBMITTED
GROUP No.

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BS 118 (Field Biology)

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NAME OF STUDENT:
COURSE, YR & SEC :

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Materials
1
50-m Transect Line with markers every 1m
1
meter stick or any measuring device
1
camera
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field guide of Philippine Corals
Procedure
1 Lay down the 50-m transect line from left to right. Go to the zero meter mark on the
line.
2 Standing on the line, stretch your arms out to both sides.
3 All organisms found within arms length on either side of the line are included in the
survey population from the zero meter mark to the 1 meter mark.
4 Then 1 m to 2 m mark. (2 m to 3 m mark and so on)
5 Identify the first group of organisms at 0 meters.
6 Record your observations in the Data Sheet below.

DATA SHEET
Names and description of plants to
the left of the string

Names and description of plants to

the right of the string

BS 118
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