Field Sample training

Methode: Material required was obtained and every member of the group was given a specific responsibility in the experiment. First group member was asked to keep the experiment time to exactly one minute. Second group member was asked to sweep with the net every 1 meter of the transects. Other two group members were asked to set up a transect. A Distance based transect of length 25m was created in order to collect species with the sweep net in an organized manner. A figure-of-eight sweep was practiced during this experiment. After sweeping for exactly 1 minute the open end of the sweep net was shut close in order to count the number of organisms caught inside it. Observations were recorded in a table. Finally the waste material in the sweep net was removed and same procedure was repeated again for a total of 10 trials. Consecutive transects were set up at different angles to one another. In other words every transect was set up in a unique place in order to prevent catching the same organism twice.