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My Site has a large presence of forams or ascidians (sea squirts) (100s, 1000s). Do I need to count every single one?

April 26, 2017forams large presence sea site squirts

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My Site has a large presence of forams or ascidians (sea squirts) (100s, 1000s). Do I need to count every single one?

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No you don’t need to count every single one. It was decided very early in the Seagrass-Watch program, after examining the faunal data and consulting with participants, that forams (and ascidians/sea squirts) only need to be recorded as present/absent. Early analysis found that abundances varied greatly between quadrats and it was time consuming to record counts in the field. Please do not use > or < symbols.