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I have collected data from three locations along Dallas Road, Victoria at varying distances from the ocean. At each location, I took 10 replicates using a 0.3m x 0.3m quadrat and a 3m transect in order to count the number of red rose hips and black rose hips. I employed a systematic sampling method. It has been a few weeks since my initial observations and the winter has been hard on the rose bush. In particular, the bush closed to the ocean, which I defined as 0m from the ocean, was completely dead. However, the dead rose hips were still present on the bush and hadn’t fallen off yet, so this bush actually provided a great “control” bush that I can compare further bushes to.
At first, I was set on having 3 locations and taking all my samples from these bushes; however, I will need to find more locations along Dallas Road as the 3 locations will not provide enough replicates solely from themselves.
I did notice how much the survival of the rose hips varied on a temporal scale, even within just 2 weeks. This observation will not directly affect my hypothesis, but makes me wonder how the survival of the rose hips varies based on the season.
