Examples of 'transects' in a sentence

Meaning of "transects"

Transect (verb): The action of cutting across or dividing something, often used in scientific research to analyze samples or study cross-sections
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  • plural of transect
  • third-person singular simple present indicative form of transect

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Location and extent of transects need to be nominated.
Transects perpendicular to the contours of krill density.
The forthcoming activities on the transects include.
All transects were oriented north and south.
For specific aspects transects have also been advised.
Such transects can include continuous fishing operations.
A proposal for the development of standard transects was discussed.
The same transects are used each year.
Thick lines indicate survey transects.
Monitoring transects is a more complicated subject.
Series of randomly spaced parallel transects running offshore.
Transects should be randomly oriented.
Orbiters then increase the number of radio transects.
Regular spaced parallel transects to give even coverage of sampling.
The thecniques used were elaboration of geologic profile and transects.

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The transects within the mesoscale strata were allocated as follows.
Maritime and aerial transects.
The use of transects enables the description of the vegetation distribution.
The repeat study concentrated only on the northern transects.
The transects to be sampled in order against the local current direction.
For several reasons ships deviated from the planned transects.
O conduct track transects in harvesting areas to determine presence of other species.
It was suggested that techniques to be used should include quantitative photographic transects.
Transects were drawn on the maps within the predetermined forest type.
To facilitate the work of divers on transects or for exploring new sites.
Transects were established which covered the range of environmental variation in the marsh.
A minimum of three and a maximum of six transects were conducted at each site.
Calibration data would need to be reported with data from research transects.
Branches of adult trees along transects with an air pollution gradient were sampled.
The transects were sampled during daylight hours to avoid problems caused by vertical migration.
Soils were sampled along replicate transects extending from meadow into forest.
Interpreted layers were visually identified and digitized onto the screen shots of transects.
This plane also transects the container from which droplets are ejected.
To collect the frogs the methodology used was transects with active search.
Each orbital revolution transects the equatorial plane at fixed local solar times.
To achieve this the survey will follow a design based on randomised parallel transects.
Turn off other sounders when logging in transects to avoid unwanted interference.
We established transects perpendicularly from the edge to the middle of the forest islet.
Number of transects.
Temporary sites or transects used for studying from time to time what is happening elsewhere.
Total km of transects.
Dashed lines represent transects that may have to be altered to transit around islands.
Move to the next upstream transect and repeat until all transects have been sampled.
This survey utilised acoustic transects between trawl stations to arrive at a biomass estimate.
Transects should not change from year to year and ideally should sample a variety of habitats.
Classic inventories based on transects often take into account only a fraction of biodiversity.
Transects that contained two biological scattering layers could be vertically separated into zooplankton and fish.
In sampling units containing multiple riffles or pools transects should ideally be located randomly.
Lateral transects are generally used when the contamination source is laterally removed from the building.
The surveys used benthic trawls and video transects to collect benthic samples.

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