transect

Examples

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• The dive was made from the beach, following a transect line to a buoy anchored 300 feet offshore.

  Academic text (1992)

• For all surveys, swimming birds and mammals within transect boundaries were counted, identified to species, and recorded as "on transect."

  Academic text (2000)

• Bird counts were recorded on each side of the transect while walking through each transect.

  Academic text (2015)

• Mammals were recorded as "off transect" when identified beyond the transect boundary.

  Academic text (2000)

• At the end of our transect, we find a small flock of sanderlings.

  Academic text (1994)

• As his ship traveled transect lines, teams of observers peered through binoculars to identify whales.

  Academic text (1993)

• Values are the mean (standard error) of two riparian transects at each site.

  Academic text (2008)

• We intended to obtain transect samples with random lengths and random spacing between trawls.

  Academic text (2003)

• Three ROV transects were conducted during day and night periods, and one diver transect was completed during a daylight period.

  Academic text (1994)

• The researchers established a long transect to measure the diversity of plant species in the forest.

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