Using transects

• What can you use transects to do?

  Help find out how organisms are distributed across and area
• what is the first step when using transects?

  mark out a line in the area you want to study using a tape meaure
• what should you do after marking out the line?

  collect data along the line - count all the organisms that touch the line
• how else could you collect the data across the line?

  using quadrats - placed next to each other along the line or at intervals