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Belt Transects and Quadrats: How Ecologists Count a Kelp Forest

Belt transects and quadrats turn a kelp forest into numbers: who lives where, at what density. How these classic survey methods work, and why they endure.

Dr. Mara Ellison · September 26, 2026

Top-down drone view of a giant kelp canopy spreading in olive and amber patches across clear turquoise water above a rocky coastal reef.

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Mapping Kelp Canopy with Drones: Photogrammetry Methods That Actually Work

How to plan, fly and process a drone survey over kelp canopy — tides, sun glint, polarisers, ground control — for maps you can compare year after year.

Dr. Mara Ellison · September 26, 2026

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