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The table I created was relatively easy to compile. The greatest challenge was in choosing what not to include.
I had collected location data on my sample subject of invertebrates, which I thought to include in a table or figure in some manner. Including this data would have added unnecessary complexity to the table or figure and the reader would be unlikely to gain any meaningful insights from knowing that a species was recorded 3m down a transect and 6cm to the East.
In graphical form, the data makes a visual statement that species were most often found in a non-vegetated location. I had expected species to be found most often in vegetation, so the visual representation is particularly stark to me. Also with the invertebrate abundance being more or less equal between sites, it is a visual representation which I find interesting.
