Sampling Methods
Field plants
Data
Field animals
Field tools
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With mobile organisms this method can be used to estimate population size and population density within a given area.
Mark-recapture method
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What is the scientific name of the species depicted below.
Pinus palustris
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The number of different species in a given area is referred to as what ________ ________
Species richness
50
This is a keystone species in fire-dependent longleaf pine forests due to its ability to burrow and offer refuge to numerous other animals. (Common name accepted)
Gopher Tortoise
50
What is this tool?
A compass
100
This method is best for estimating population density and abundance of organisms within a specific uniform habitat type (like seagrass beds) that covers a generally large area and for organisms that are relatively sessile.
Quadrat method
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Scientific name of the species depicted.
Quercus virginiana
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When you test for statistical significance and you find that your data are significantly different you reject the ____ ________
null hypothesis
100
What is the common name of this Lagodon rhomboides?
Pinfish
100
This is a drafting instrument used by navigators to make lines on charts.
Parallel ruler
150
In the formula H'= -sum(p_i*lnp_i) where Pi is the proportion of each individual species in the community what does H' represent?
Shannon-Weiner diversity index
150
What is the scientific name of american beautyberry 
Callicarpa americana
150
These can be drawn on maps to outline certain depth zones useful for collecting/processing bathymetric data.
Contour lines
150
Members of these two marine fish genuses are considered indicator species for water quality, as they are not tolerant of pollution. Their presence is a good sign of a healthy ecosystem. They rely on the seagrass blades for camouflage and protection. (Common names accepted).
Seahorses (Hippocampus) & pipefish (Syngnathus)
150
___________ is a straight line or strip across an area. This method is most useful for studying changes in a community along an environmental gradient, such as from the shore out into deeper water. 
A transect
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hatN = n_2/hatp In this formula if hatN is equal to the population estimate and n_2 is your total number of individuals caught in the second sample, then what does hatp represent?
Probability of capture
200
What is the scientific name of this gallberry plant?
Ilex glabra
200
Is a concept in biology and genetics that describes a physical feature shared by individuals of the same or different species. This can be used in morphometrics as well as genetics for explain changes in features from a shared evolutionary history.
Homology
200
What is the common name of this important fire-adapted species?
Red cockaded woodpecker
200
This simple tool is used to measure light attenuation and/or turbidity within the water column. 
Secchi disk
250
This is the name of the modeling strategy used to determine how effective a sampling effort is in explaining the diversity indices of a particular habitat.
Rarefaction curve
250
What is the full scientific name of this vital and foundational aquatic plant species 
Thalassia testudinum
250
____ % of the data in a normal distribution is explained by 1 standard deviation below the mean.
~34%
250
This order are known to be highly associated with freshwater environments and dependent during their larval stage. They also have a medium tolerance for DO. What is their order?
Odonata
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This tool can be used to measure salinity by using properties of light and liquid.
Refractometer
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_________ _________ is a geometric process used to superimpose one set of points (a "source" configuration) onto another set of points (a "target" configuration) to make them as similar as possible in shape and position. This is done by translating, rotating, and scaling.
Procrustes transformation
300
The plant depicted below belongs to which genus?
Pteridium
300
________ ________ is a discrete probability distribution that gives the probability of a specific number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space, given a known constant average rate and that events occur independently.
Poisson Distribution 
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This order cannot tolerate changes in DO and require high levels of oxygen.
Trichoptera
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This is a water sensing instrument used to collect information like DO, temperature, salinity, conductivity, etc.
YSI or Yellow Springs Instrument
350
The EPT test is used as a water quality indicator especially for DO. What orders do the acronym stand for? (get 2 of the 3)
Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Tricoptera
350
What is the scientific name of the plant depicted below?
Sarracenia leucophylla
350
This measurement of dissimilarity between two communities using abundance data is one of the most robust and widely used measurements in
ecology.
Bray-curtis
350
What is the scientific name of the species depicted below?
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
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________ ________ ________ is a coordinate system that divides the Earth's surface into 60 zones, each 6 degrees of longitude wide, to create a flat, grid-based map for accurate distance and area calculations.
Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)