I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...

A kite diagram shows the number of animals (or percentage cover for plants) against distance along a transect. A gradual change in the distribution of species across a habitat is called zonation.

Transect Investigation: Students subdivide an area into transects and perform a scientific study, determining the N/S and E/W directions in the transect and recording the transect's biotic and ...

The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) announced they have received a $1.5 million grant to fund coastal research. According to a press release from UNCW, the grant is meant to fund the ...

A transect is usually used to investigate a gradual change in a habitat rather than to simply estimate the number of organisms within it. A kite diagram shows the number of animals (or percentage ...