in Ireland
in Ireland
in Ireland
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Sampl<strong>in</strong>g Design<br />
• 2009 sampl<strong>in</strong>g programme<br />
undertaken together with Mar<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Institute, Lough’s Agency, Queen’s<br />
University Belfast, BIM<br />
• Repeatable, cost effective protocol<br />
developed<br />
• Semi‐quantitative assessment of<br />
abundance and habitat types at all<br />
sites (SACFOR, EUNIS framework)<br />
• Quantitative transects to assess<br />
maximal densities and small‐scale<br />
habitat associations