10 pages of images I took in 2001 start on the IMAGES PAGE
The ACFOR SCALE is explained below:
In the quadrats, which can be up to a square metre (we had a quarter that size) you had to decide on the extent to which each plant appeared, and make a note according to how abundance the vegetation type was: an abundance scale. This could be done by working out rough percentages, but we used a scale whose name is an acronym of the various levels.
This replaces the other method of having to apply percentages to each vegetation type. A fixed quadrat with a built-in grid of squares is sometimes used to make the establishment of percentage cover easier.
Could also record the DOMINANT vegetation type in each quadrat.
FIELDWORK DATA 2001
Some TRANSECT DATA from the salt marsh is here. A SAND DUNE TRANSECT will be posted shortly.
Also soon to appear: details on SALT MARSH PLANTS and SAND DUNE PLANTS
LOCATIONS
Use one of the online mapping programmes referred to on the LOCAL STUDIES page to produce a map of the area. Remember that these environments are constantly changing, so any detailed map of the area would only capture a moment in time: a location map will be required for the exam.
A page of information here on STIFFKEY. Name apparently comes from tree stumps which are found in the salt marsh: evidence of earlier vegetation types - perhaps the source of the trees that made up SEAHENGE ?
See the coasts page for a list of other useful links.
EXAM REQUIREMENTS
Remember that this work is being done for a reason. Next year you will be ushered into a room and sat at a desk for several hours and asked to answer some questions.
The fieldwork is leading towards one of the questions on paper 3 (unless there are some serious changes in exam format dictated by the DfES..)
Likely focus of the questions will be as follows: (based on 2001 paper, and specimen papers...)
You will have to do some more reading around salt marshes and sand dunes to flesh out the notes. This report and the background notes will form the basis of the coverage of this part of the course. We are lucky to have coastline within half an hour in the car which will form a useful return visit destination. This is to be encouraged. Appropriate searches on the Internet should also reveal useful information.
Want to know how the work will be marked ? - check out the MARK SCHEME. (Updated for 2005)
