Fall 2000 grasshopper monitoring -- mid-marsh grasshopper abundance and species diversity at GCE LTER sampling sites 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6

Grasshopper abundance and species diversity were investigated at five sampling sites within the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems (GCE) LTER study area in August 2000. Visual surveys were conducted along 10 2m by 10m transects randomly allocated within the mid-marsh zone at each site. All grasshoppers observed within each transect were counted and identified to species, if possible. This survey was conducted as part of the GCE invertebrate monitoring program, and will be performed annually to assess long-term changes in relative species abundances across the GCE study area.

2000年8月，研究人员对佐治亚海岸生态系统（Georgia Coastal Ecosystems, GCE）长期生态研究（Long-Term Ecological Research, LTER）区域内的5个采样点位开展了蚱蜢种群丰度与物种多样性调查。在每个采样点的中潮沼带（mid-marsh zone）内，随机布设10条2米×10米的样带并沿其开展目视调查。对每条样带内观测到的全部蚱蜢进行计数，并尽可能鉴定至物种水平。本次调查作为GCE无脊椎动物监测计划的组成部分，将按年度持续开展，用于评估GCE研究区域内物种相对丰度的长期动态变化。