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GUIDELINES FOR THE RAPID ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF BIODIVERSITY IN INLAND WATER, COASTAL AND MARINE AREAS
METHOD
APPLIES TO
INLAND
WATERS (IW)
AND/OR
MARINE/
COASTAL
(MC)
transects IW/MC quantifies
data if <strong>the</strong>re
are many
sightings
APPLICATION FIELD TIME COST WETLAND
TYPES
1-5 hours $0 river, lakes,
wetlands;
open coastal
habitats
REQUIRED
EXPERTISE
knowledge
of establishing
transects
POSSIBILITY
OF
COLLECTING?
no
EQUIPMENT
NEEDED
binoculars if
necessary
SOME
SOURCES OF
EQUIPMENT
http://
www.
telescope.
com
REFERENCE
SOURCES FOR
METHODS
http://www.
npws.nsw.g
ov.au/wildlif
e/cbsm.html
Airplane
surveys
MC
Crude estimates
of
population
numbers
and relative
population
abundance
biased
against certain
species)
1-2 hours,
but depends
on size of
survey area
High – airplane
hire
cost
All open
areas
Experience
in quickly
identifying
species
No Binoculars http://
www.
telescope.
com
NSW
National
Parks and
Wildlife
Service
(2002)
References:
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Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, 402pp.
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