[Coral-List] History of sampling methods for marine benthos

[Steve LeGore]

I think that a search of intertidal and littoral benthic surveys will also identify early transect applications.
Steve LeGore
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>From: "Fernando A. Zapata" <fernando.zapata at correounivalle.edu.co>
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>Alexis,
>
>"belt transects" have been used at least since the 1950s to study reef
>fishes.
>
>BROCK, V.E. 1954. A preliminary report on a method of estimating reef fish
>populations. Journal of Wildlife Management 18:297-308
>
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>2011/9/2 <rkarlson at udel.edu>
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>> Alexis,
>>
>> Check out Karlson & Cornell 1998 Ecological Monographs
>> 68(2):29-274.  This review covers line transects as well as
>> point intercept and quadrat methods used to quantify coral
>> species richness on coral reefs.  It refers to 3 early line
>> transect studies by Loya (1972. Marine Biology 13:100-123) and
>> Porter (1972a. American Naturalist 106:487-492 & 1972b. Pages
>> 89-116 in The Panama Biota - some observations prior to a sea
>> level canal, M.L. Jones, editor. Bulletin on the Biological
>> Society of Washington. Volume 2).
>>
>> I'm sure the broader ecological literature dealing with marine
>> benthic studies, in general, goes back much earlier.
>>
>> Ron Karlson
>>
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>> >Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 09:40:41 -0700 (PDT)
>> >From: Alexis Bonfire <lexbon80 at yahoo.com>
>> >Subject: [Coral-List] History of sampling methods for marine
>> benthos
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>> >Dear Coral-List,
>> >?
>> >I am writing a paper on the evolution of methods for sampling
>> the freshwater and marine benthos. The first recorded use of
>> transects that I have encountered?for marine ecosystems is
>> that of Fishelson's 1966 survey?of the coral reef of the
>> northern Red Sea (reported in Fishelson, L.?(1973) Ecology of
>> coral reefs in the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea) influenced by
>> pollution. Oecologia 12: 55?67). Is anybody aware of an
>> earlier use of transects in coral reefs or other marine
>> ecosystems?
>> >?
>> >Thank you.
>> >Al Jones?
>> >
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