This handy tool is used to find out the amount of species or items in a predetermined area within a grid frame.
1) First, have one person hold the transect tape, preferably have a hand secured under the black strap with palm grip. Holding it horizontally with the tab (metal ring) pointed oppositely from chest area of the holder.
2) Have a partner (recommended) jerk the tab (metal ring) until the measurement tape is released to a certain amount you believe to be an estimate of the area you will be recording.
3) Take a predetermined area grid, (frame example: PVC pipes into a square frame) and lay it flat along the surface of place you will be measuring.
4) Have tension between both ends of the transect tape and take a small area of the grid frame and record the amount of species in that one particular area. (A small square out of the frame.)
5) Repeat step 4 until the entire grid frame has been measured and organisms/items recorded.
6) The holder will rewind the tape by taking the metal handle by the small metal bump with a clockwise twist, or counter clock-wise depending on which hand you are holding the transect tape by.
7) Turn the handle over itself so it will pop into place when tape has been securely fashioned back into the device.
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