1. Describe which of the sampling techniques pictured above provides the best quantitative method for sampling invertebrates in vegetation. Explain your answer: 2. Explain why pitfall traps are not recommended for estimates of population density: 3. (a) Explain how mesh size could influence the sampling efficiency of a plankton net: (b) Explain how this would affect your choice of mesh size when sampling animals in a pond:

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elenges in terms of sampling them quantitatively to estimate (below), to more complex electronic devices, such as those used
e plants, most animals are highly mobile and present special sampling animals ranges from various types of nets and traps
distribution and abundance. The equipment available for
Plankton net
Tow rope
Bridle
Kick sampling
Direction
of current
Pooter (aspirator)
Glass collecting
tube that sucks
up small animals
Metal hoop
Specimen
tube
Canvas sleeve
Rocks upstream
of the net are
disturbed
Cone of
bolting silk
Plastic container
for collecting
plankton sample
Direction
of current.
Rubber or
cork bung
2007-2013 BIOZONE International
ISBN: 978-1-927173-55-8
Photocopying Prohibited
Tie cord
Small aquatic
Invertebrates are
dislodged and
collect in the net
Gauze
covering
opening of
tube
Clear
plastic
tube
Glass mouthpiece through
which operator sucks
Beating tray
Tullgren funnel
Pitfall trap
Ground slopes
away from trap to
assist drainage
Jam jar sunk
into ground
2. Explain why pitfall traps are not recommended for estimates of population density:
3. (a) Explain how mesh size could influence the sampling efficiency of a plankton net:
(b) Explain how this would affect your choice of mesh size when sampling animals in a pond:
Tree branch is
shaken or beaten
with a stick
Insects and other
invertebrates fall
Flat rock
Canvas stretched
over frame.
Light from a battery operated
lamp drives the invertebrates
down through the soil or litter.
Large diameter funnel
containing soil or leaf litter
resting on a gauze platform.
Gauze allows invertebrates
of a certain size to move
down the funnel.
Collecting jar traps the
invertebrates that fall
through the gauze and
prevents their escape.
1. Describe which of the sampling techniques pictured above provides the best quantitative method for sampling
invertebrates in vegetation. Explain your answer:
Support made
of small stones
or sticks
3 cm of water or
50% ethanol
may be added
as immobiliser
Related activities: Mark & Recapture Sampling, Sampling a Leaf
Litter Population
Investigating Ecosystems
RA 2
Transcribed Image Text:elenges in terms of sampling them quantitatively to estimate (below), to more complex electronic devices, such as those used e plants, most animals are highly mobile and present special sampling animals ranges from various types of nets and traps distribution and abundance. The equipment available for Plankton net Tow rope Bridle Kick sampling Direction of current Pooter (aspirator) Glass collecting tube that sucks up small animals Metal hoop Specimen tube Canvas sleeve Rocks upstream of the net are disturbed Cone of bolting silk Plastic container for collecting plankton sample Direction of current. Rubber or cork bung 2007-2013 BIOZONE International ISBN: 978-1-927173-55-8 Photocopying Prohibited Tie cord Small aquatic Invertebrates are dislodged and collect in the net Gauze covering opening of tube Clear plastic tube Glass mouthpiece through which operator sucks Beating tray Tullgren funnel Pitfall trap Ground slopes away from trap to assist drainage Jam jar sunk into ground 2. Explain why pitfall traps are not recommended for estimates of population density: 3. (a) Explain how mesh size could influence the sampling efficiency of a plankton net: (b) Explain how this would affect your choice of mesh size when sampling animals in a pond: Tree branch is shaken or beaten with a stick Insects and other invertebrates fall Flat rock Canvas stretched over frame. Light from a battery operated lamp drives the invertebrates down through the soil or litter. Large diameter funnel containing soil or leaf litter resting on a gauze platform. Gauze allows invertebrates of a certain size to move down the funnel. Collecting jar traps the invertebrates that fall through the gauze and prevents their escape. 1. Describe which of the sampling techniques pictured above provides the best quantitative method for sampling invertebrates in vegetation. Explain your answer: Support made of small stones or sticks 3 cm of water or 50% ethanol may be added as immobiliser Related activities: Mark & Recapture Sampling, Sampling a Leaf Litter Population Investigating Ecosystems RA 2
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