Table 2. Sampling methods.
Standard and complementary sampling for each microhabitat in each lagoon at Róbalo river watershed, Navarino Island, Chile. Sampling time unit corresponds to one minute.
Habitat type | Standard sampling | Complementary sampling |
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Rock bottoms | D-frame net per time unit | Rinse and dislodge organisms from rocks |
Submerged vegetation | D-frame net per time unit | 25 cm2 to 64 cm2 plant collection (according microhabitat availability) |
Debris | D-frame net per time unit | 200 ml flask full of litter, or rinse and dislodge organisms from roots, branches and logs |
Aquatic mosses | D-frame net per time unit | 25 cm2 to 64 cm2 moss collection (according microhabitat availability) |