Table 2. Material and equipment needed for quantitative 



sampling of macrofauna on high-energy sand beaches. 



Material and equipment 





Use 



Surveying and engineering 



supplies 



Surveying level or transit and tripod 





Surveying sampling location 



Surveying rod or equivalent (25-foot 

 collapsible fiberglass) 





Surveying sampling location 



Surveyor's fiberglass chain or marked 

 Dacron line 





Surveying sampling location 



Stakes (1- by 18-in standard wooden 

 survey stakes) or pipe 





Marking sampling location 



Diver 



supplies 





Standard scuba or skindiving gear 





Performing subtidal sampling 



Diver's collection "bug" bag of nylon mesh 





Transporting several samples 

 simultaneously 



Hardware supplies 



Screw anchors, either 30 or 48 in, with 

 installation bar 





Marking transect lines 



Marked plastic bags with plastic -coated 

 twist-ties 





Temporary storage of organisms 



Boating 



supplies 





Polypropylene rope (3/8-in or larger 

 diameter) 





Marking transect lines 



Floats or plastic jugs 





Marking station stakes 



Small boat, inflatable raft, or large 

 inner tube with washtub 





Transporting samples and 

 equipment 



Insulated cooler (picnic type) 





Keeps samples cool, retarding 

 decomposition 



Hardware or 



farm suppl 



ies. 



0.1-m 2 frame and squared trenching shovel 





Excavating quadrats 



Plug sampler with cover, handles, and 

 top screen 





Sampling smaller organisms 



Airlift (suction) dredge 





Sampling in deeper (>2 m) water 



Large sieving frame 





Sorting larger organisms 



