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You have been provided with data on the percentage cover and average height of Thalassia testudinum (Turtle grass) along a 50m transect running from the shoreline out to sea at Crandon Park beach. Sampling was conducted using the line transect sampling technique. Based on observations at Crandon Park we could put forth the following questions: ) Does the percentage eover of Thalassia testudinum (Turtle gras) ehange with distance from the shore? i) Does the average height of Thalassia testudinum (Turtle grass) change with distance from the shore? 17. What are the variables in the example above? (2 pts) 18. What is the sample collected? (2 pts) 19. What is the population? (2 pts)

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Variables: a) Percentage cover b) average height of turtle grass c) Distance from the shore

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Sample collected: data on the above variables along a 50 m transect running from the shoreline out to sea at Crandon Park beach

Q19

Population: The whole of turtle grass along Crandon Park beach

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