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Thus far, I have been able to identify shorebirds (to measure shorebird diversity) at 5 sampling quadrats at each location along the human presence gradient (gradient comprises three different sampling locations) 6 times. Hence, I have collected 30 replicates for each location along the gradient. I haven’t had any problems implementing my sampling design so far, except for the fact that it requires a lot of planning in regard to timing in attempt to control for timing variations of shorebird diversity. Thus far, it seems like shorebird species richness, evenness and abundance decreases across the sampling gradient. However, I would still like to collect more replicates for each location along the gradient to see if this effect persists with more samples collected.
