B- overall score

                    Six groups had a higher score

                    One group had a lower score

                    Zero groups had the same score

How are scores calculated?

Your group's overall score reflects how closely your reported values match the group averages, calibrated against historical performance across all training years. The overall score is based on the average of the scores below for species abundance, blade length, and short shoot density. Each of these three scores is based on how close the reported values are to the overall averages ("true") across all groups participating in the transect training. Reported values summarized for each species across all transects that deviate largely from the averages are given lower scores. In years where all groups perform similarly and accurately, scores will be high across the board. The "true" species list, from which all other scores are derived, is based on species (seagrass or macroalgae) that were reported by at least two groups as present.

Species Abundance reported (most common) Blade length reported cm (most common) Short shoot density reported per m 2 (most common)
Transect 3 Halodule 5-25% (5-25%)
Thalassia <5% (<5%)
Transect 6 DR: Acanthophora 5-25% (<5%)
Halodule 5-25% (<5%) 27 (18.2) 7 (2)
Thalassia 51-75% (76-100%) 15.6 (33.3) 1.3 (6)
Transect 7 DR: Acanthophora <5% (<5%)
Halodule <5% (<5%) 19 (14.3) 1 (0.2)
Syringodium 5-25% (5-25%) 30.6 (28.8) 0 (2.1)
Thalassia 51-75% (51-75%) 31 (32.3) 7.3 (6.5)
Transect 8 DB: Dictyota 5-25% (--)
DR: Acanthophora <5% (<5%)
Syringodium few (few) 7.4 (18.9) 1.7 (2.1)
Thalassia 51-75% (25-50%) 28.4 (32.7) 3.7 (3.7)
Transect 9 Halodule 51-75% (51-75%)
Thalassia <5% (<5%)
Transect 10 Halodule 76-100% (51-75%)
Thalassia solitary (solitary)
Abundance summary

B+ 

reported values deviate a little from the average, varies by species

Halodule +1 mean BB categories away across transects

Syringodium 0 mean BB categories away across transects

Thalassia 0 mean BB categories away across transects

Blade Length summary

D+ 

reported values deviate a lot from the average, varies by species

Halodule +6.8 cm difference on average across transects

Syringodium -4.9 cm difference on average across transects

Thalassia -7.8 cm difference on average across transects

Short Shoot Density summary

reported values deviate a little from the average, varies by species

Halodule +2.9 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

Syringodium -1.2 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

Thalassia -1.3 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

Abundance

B+ 

Room for improvement! Learn how to brush up on abundance by viewing the link here.

Blade Length

D+ 

Room for improvement! Learn how to brush up on blade length by viewing the link here.

Short Shoot Density

Room for improvement! Learn how to brush up on short shoot density by viewing the link here.

Seagrass identification

All species found, good job!

Macroalgae identification

All species found, good job!