Studland fieldowrk Flashcards
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-Vegetation surveys carried out systematically along dune transects every 10m. Quadrats used to assess proportion of different vegetation to see if dune follows the expected plant succession in a Psammosere environment.
-Average values of vegetation cover taken from the vegetation surveys and correlated with distance from honeyspot site on a scatter diagram. Regression analysis used to quantify the relationship.
-Shape of dunes recorded systematically every 10m using clinometers, allowing accurate kite diagrams to build up dune profiles.
-Litter survey carried out systematically at 30m intervals from the honeypot site.
-Bipolar surveys carried out to assess the quality and effectiveness of defences (e.g. rope fencing)
-Interview with Stewart Rainbird (Senior Beach Ranger for National Trust)
-Interview with Dr Suzie Baverstock (Communications officer for Wytch Farm Oilfield)
-Beach quality survey which is used to assess environmental quality rating them on different categories such as beach size and natural beauty although subjective. We Rated this on a scale of one to five and ranked them.
-Blowouts as a result of human pressure: Measured human pressure on the coast: Measured the distance of each blowout using GPS unites form Knoll beach, we measured the circumference of this blowout using gps units/maximum depth using a ranging pole/countied the number of paths from the blowout
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