Protocol Overview
- Find a date, time, and place to collect your data. Select a rocky intertidal field site, and choose a date and time to collect data that is within one hour of low tide.
- Lay a transect, or measuring tape, parallel to the water line, as close to the water as possible.
- Use a random number generator or deck of cards to find a random location along the transect to place your quadrat.
- Thoroughly search your quadrat for crabs. Place found crabs in a bucket to sort later.
- ID, sort, measure, and sex the crabs crabs in your bucket, recording your findings on your datasheet.
- Collect photo evidence to support your findings.
- Return native crabs to the quadrat. Return or dispose of invasive crabs.
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