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23:56 Oct 18, 2008 |
French to English translations [PRO] Geography / calculating a fish's area of occupancy | |||||||
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4 +1 | quadrant here (or square area) |
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4 | (square) grid |
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2 +1 | quadrat |
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(square) grid Explanation: ...calculated using a 1 km x 1 km grid... |
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quadrant here (or square area) Explanation: IMO -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 27 mins (2008-10-19 00:23:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- method of separation for various areas. |
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quadrat Explanation: Missing a 't'? http://www.ifremer.fr/envlit/glossaire/index.php?p=definitio... quadrats désigne une aire de forme carrée et de surface préalablement déterminée qui sert de base à l’échantillonnage dans les recherches écologiques sur les biocénoses. Méthode des quadrats : désigne la méthode consistant à répartir par tirage aléatoire les quadrats dans lesquels seront faits les prélèvements de flore ou de faune à la surface du biotope étudié. http://www.glf.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/os/bysea-enmer/glossary-glossai... QUADRAT (quadrat): carré ou cercle (mesure standard d'un mètre) placé au sol pour le dénombrement et l'identification de toutes les plantes à l'intérieur de cette superficie. Voir transect. GDT quadrat = quadrat Définition : A small, clearly demarcated, sample area of known size on which ecological observations are made. Note(s) : (1) The term was originally applied to square areas, but now frequently to rectangles and even circles. (2) The area is generally a square decimetre, a square metre or a milacre. |
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Reference: quadrat Reference information: quadrat - A sampling area, often 1 metre square, used in studying the composition of an area of vegetation. The area is usually defined by a frame, sometimes subdivided by fine wires, laid on the ground. See also DOMIN SCALE,; QUADRAT, MAJOR; QUADRAT METHOD quadrat, major. A QUADRAT that includes all the more important species, as well as a number of the less important ones. quadrat method. A method for the intensive study of an environment within a circumscribed are in order to gain a comprehensive knowledge of the wider area. It involves the laying down of QUADRATS and examining closely the species within them. [Macmillan Dictionary of the Environment] |
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