Percent cover field survey - raw data

This dataset was used to evaluate the utility of unoccupied aerial vehicles (UAV) for monitoring tidal marsh restoration at a site in Elkhorn Slough, on the Central Coast of California, USA. Field measurements of percent vegetated cover were collected at intercepts within (or on the edges of) a 1 m² gridded quadrat. A total of 24 plots were surveyed. Intercept numbers varied because data were not collected on quadrat edges for every plot. Vegetated cover for each plot was the sum of <i>Salicornia pacifica </i>(pickleweed) and <i>Spergularia marina</i> cover.

本数据集用于评估无人驾驶航空器（unoccupied aerial vehicles, UAV）在美国加利福尼亚州中部海岸埃尔克霍恩斯劳（Elkhorn Slough）某场地开展潮汐沼泽修复监测的应用效能。研究人员于1平方米网格化样方（gridded quadrat）内部或边缘的截点位置，采集了植被覆盖百分比的野外实测数据。本次调查共完成24个样地的实地调研。由于并非所有样地的样方边缘均开展了数据采集工作，各截点的数量存在差异。每个样地的植被总覆盖度为太平洋海蓬子（*Salicornia pacifica*，俗称 pickleweed）与海滨漆姑草（*Spergularia marina*）的覆盖度之和。