This is a student report which studies the effects of wave action on intertidal zonation at Yaquina Head. It includes hand-drawn diagrams of quadrants sampled at the location.
Quantifying the distribution, abundance, and diversity of nearshore organisms over large areas presents problems to scientists and resource managers constrained by time, personnel, and funding. For example, no method currently exists to statistically
extrapolate biological transect data from small to large spatial scales. Ecological
responses caused by interacting physical and...