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The field data that I have been collecting I was only able to have 5 duplicates because of the zone of the intertidal zone at McNeil Bay did not allow for anymore.The sampling design (transect with a randomly located sample plot) I chose works well because of the elevation in the study area. The quadrats were chosen systematically at random. I started with the top pool and always made sure the next pool was 2 steps away. The patterns that I have been able to notice are the richness in the low tide pools due to the better living environment (stays wet) and more cover there too. Another pattern would be the size of the tide pools depicting the species diversity since I’m only recording what is in the quadrat but there are many species outside of it.
