Experimental Methods

Please read this chapter on Methods for the Study of Marine Biodiversity from Costello et al. 2017 (specifically the following sections: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3.3, 6.4, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.4.4, 6.4.5, 6.5, and 6.6). Then, answer the following prompts:

1. What are the proximate and ultimate goals of the chapter and how do the authors plan to meet these goals?
2. What are the sampling methods of the Intertidal and what are their respective biases?
3. How can space (place) and time of sampling create bias?
4. In The Reef Life Survey (RLS) section, how is sampling bias reduced among divers?
5. What is the importance of Data Management to marine biodiveristy studies?
6. What are the metrics of marine biodiversity data analyses and how many data be presented?

and write a reflection paste in this question;

What did you already know about experimental methods prior to reading this chapter? Identify at least two new information that you learned after reading this chapter.