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

[Fernando A. Zapata]

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

Fernando A. Zapata
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Departamento de Biología
Universidad del Valle
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Cali, Colombia

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2011/9/2 <rkarlson at udel.edu>

> 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
>
>
> >
> >Message: 2
> >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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