Interactions between insect abuncane and plant richness in relation to distances to a pond

On October 14th and October 21st, observations of insect abundance and plant richness were collected and recorded at the Grassland East of Stong College. The first day the temperature was about 18°C and sunny whereas the second day was windy and cloudy with a temperature of 5°C. Each day a measuring tape of 60m was laid down from the pond to the outer area of the grassland. The 60m distance was divided evenly (20m) into three parts; closest to the pond, midway to the pond, and farthest away from the pond. Sweep nets were used to count the abundance of insects within each area and quadrats were used to record the average plant richness in each area. Ten random samples were collected in each of the specific areas on the 10 different transecting lines throughout the grassland area for each day. This gave a total of 20 samples for the experiment.