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Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Equipment
Before you start a LiMPETS monitoring program at your school or organization, you will need equipment. To borrow equipment, contact your local LiMPETS coordinator. Otherwise, you can build or purchase your own. A complete set of monitoring equipment costs approximately $250 to assemble.
To get started:
- Find out which sampling methods are used at your monitoring site of interest.
- Use the equipment checklist on this page to find out what equipment is needed.
- Quadrats are used at almost every LiMPETS site. Learn how to build your own.
Monitoring Equipment |
Vertical Transect | Random Quadrats | Total Counts | Size Measure. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quadrats (1/4 m2) | Vertical Transect: yes | Random Quadrats: yes | Total Counts: no | Size Measurement: no | Build your own! $50 to purchase materials to make 10 quadrats. |
| 50m tape measure (open reel fiberglass) | Vertical Transect: yes | Random Quadrats: yes | Total Counts: no | Size Measurement: no | Available at cspoutdoors.com: $36 |
| Clipboards (with large rubber bands to secure datasheets) | Vertical Transect: yes | Random Quadrats: yes | Total Counts: yes | Size Measurement: yes | Available at any office supply store |
| Pencils | Vertical Transect: yes | Random Quadrats: yes | Total Counts: yes | Size Measurement: yes | |
| Traffic cones (or tape measures) | Vertical Transect: no | Random Quadrats: no | Total Counts: yes | Size Measurement: yes | Used to mark area perimeter. Quantity needed = 4 |
| Flexible metric rulers | Vertical Transect: no | Random Quadrats: no | Total Counts: no | Size Measurement: yes | Available at any office supply store |
| Tide book | Vertical Transect: yes | Random Quadrats: yes | Total Counts: yes | Size Measurement: yes | Download from Tides Online. Tide books available at Tidelog.com |
| Backpack, buckets, or large plastic bin | Vertical Transect: yes | Random Quadrats: yes | Total Counts: yes | Size Measurement: yes | Used to carry equipment |
| Laminated Invertebrate and Algae Photo ID sheets | Vertical Transect: yes | Random Quadrats: yes | Total Counts: no | Size Measurement: no | Download from Datasheets & Forms |
| Datasheets and field log | Vertical Transect: yes | Random Quadrats: yes | Total Counts: yes | Size Measurement: yes | Download from Datasheets & Forms |
| Monitoring protocols | Vertical Transect: yes | Random Quadrats: yes | Total Counts: yes | Size Measurement: yes | Download from Datasheets & Forms |
| Random numbers | Vertical Transect: no | Random Quadrats: yes | Total Counts: no | Size Measurement: no | Download from Datasheets & Forms |
| Kneeling cushions (optional) | Vertical Transect: yes | Random Quadrats: yes | Total Counts: no | Size Measurement: no | Available at Amazon.com; $2.25 each |
| GPS (optional) | Vertical Transect: yes | Random Quadrats: yes | Total Counts: yes | Size Measurement: yes | Available at Garmin.com; $270 and up |