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An Introduction to Using GIS in Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook One - Creating Maps of Species Distribution (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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An Introduction to Using GIS in Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook One - Creating Maps of Species Distribution (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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This is the first supplementary workbook produced to accompany 'An
Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology' by the same author. It
is designed to augment the information on using GIS in marine
biology provided in that book, and indeed, to be used alongside it
rather than to be used independently as a stand-alone volume.
This second edition has been updated for ArcGIS 10.1 software and
it contains five exercises covering the practical use of GIS in
marine biology. These exercises are based around mapping species
distribution and range from making a simple map of the locations
where a species has been recorded to creating grids of species
presence-absence, species richness and abundance.
Working through these five exercises will help the novice GIS user
obtain experience in working with GIS and so develop their GIS
skills. Unlike most other GIS tutorials, this information is
specifically presented in a marine biological context and all the
exercises use real data from a marine biological study. Therefore,
these exercises are more likely to provide the kind of experience
in using GIS that marine biologists will find useful and applicable
to their own research.
These exercises are presented in the same easy-to-follow flow
diagram-based format first introduced in the 'How To...' section of
'An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology'. They are
accompanied by images which show the user how their GIS project
should look as they progress through the exercises, allowing them
to compare their own work to the expected results.
This is part of the PSLS series of books which use Task-Oriented
Learning (TOL) to teach the practical application of research
skills to the life sciences. This involves demonstrating how these
skills can be used in the specific circumstances in which they are
likely to be required rather than concentrating on teaching
theoretical frameworks or on teaching skills in a generic or
abstract manner. By seeing how the similar processes are used to
achieve a variety of different goals within a specific field, it
becomes easier for the reader to identify the general rules behind
the practical application of these processes and, therefore, to
transfer them to novel situations they may encounter in the future.
Table Of Contents:
Preface
1. Introduction
2. How To Use The ArcGIS 10.2 Software User Interface.
3. Exercise One: Creating A Map Of Species Distribution For A
Publication.
4. Exercise Two: Creating A Presence-Absence Raster Data Layer For
A Species From Survey Data.
5. Exercise Three: Creating A Species Richness Raster Data Layer
From Survey Data.
6. Exercise Four: Creating A Polygon Grid Data Layer Of Abundance
Per Unit Effort From Survey Data.
7. Exercise Five: Creating A Polygon Grid Data Layer Of Species
Richness Per Unit Effort From Survey Data.
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