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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: Allison, E., R. G. T. Paley, and V. Cowan (eds.) 2000. Standard operating procedures <strong>for</strong> BIOSS field sampling, data handling and analysis. 80pp. Bagenal T. 1978. Methods <strong>for</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> of Fish Production in Fresh Waters. 3rd Ed. Blackwell Scientific Publications. Ox<strong>for</strong>d. 365pp. Darwall, W. & P. Tierney. 1998. Survey of aquatic habitats and associated biodiversity adjacent to <strong>the</strong> Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. 51pp. Downing, J. A. & Rigler F. H. (red.) 1984. A manual of methods <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> assessment of secondary productivity in fresh waters. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Ox<strong>for</strong>d. English, S. Wilkinson, C. and Baker, V. (1997). Survey Manual <strong>for</strong> Tropical Marine Resources. 2nd edition. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, 402pp. Kornijów, R. 1998. Quantitative sampler <strong>for</strong> collecting invertebrates associated with submersed and floating-leaved macrophytes. Aquatic Ecology, 32: 241-244. Kornijów R. & Kairesalo T. 1994. A Simple Apparatus <strong>for</strong> Sampling Epiphytic Communities Associated with Emergent Macrophytes. Hydrobiologia 294: 141-143. Limpus CJ, Limpus DJ & Hamann M. 2002. Freshwater turtle population in <strong>the</strong> area to be flooded by <strong>the</strong> Walla Weir, Burnett River, Queensland: Baseline study. Memoirs of <strong>the</strong> Queensland Museum 48(1):155-168. 54
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