Detailed Protocols

These detailed protocols were designed by the NANaGISA Center to assist collaborators and potential researchers to determine exactly how to sample transects, how to process samples and how to analyze data. This protocol should be treated as a minimum requirement so that data can be equally compared on larger scales. All data will eventually go into an international database being set up by OBIS. Suggestions for additional processing and analyses are always welcome. We encourage scientists to contribute to the worldwide nearshore biodiversity inventory by using the NaGISA protocol, possibly as a baseline for other studies of individual or regional interests.

Detailed Protocol is available to download here (PDF)!