B- overall score

                    Four groups had a higher score

                    One group had a lower score

                    Two groups had the same score

How are scores calculated?

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. The overall score is then ranked relative to all other groups.
Species Abundance reported (most common) Blade length reported cm (most common) Short shoot density reported per m 2 (most common)
Transect 2 AA: Caulerpa prolifera - (solitary)
DR: Acanthophora - (few)
DR: Gracilaria - (<5%)
Syringodium 5-25% (5-25%) 0 (19.2) 0 (15.7)
Thalassia 25-50% (25-50%) 0 (23.9) 0 (1.3)
Transect 3 CYAN: Lyngbya/Dapis - (<5%)
DB: Drift Brown - (<5%)
DG: Ulva fasciata solitary (few)
DG: Ulva intestinales - (solitary)
DR: Acanthophora - (<5%)
DR: Drift Red 5-25% (5-25%)
Halodule 51-75% (51-75%)
Thalassia 5-25% (5-25%)
Transect 5 AA: Attached algae - (<5%)
CYAN: Lyngbya/Dapis - (<5%)
Halodule 25-50% (5-25%) 0 (7.1) 0 (23.8)
Transect 6 DR: Gracilaria - (solitary)
Halodule few (few) 0 (2.3)
Syringodium 5-25% (5-25%) 19.6 (24.8) 4 (3.7)
Thalassia 51-75% (25-50%) 24.4 (25.6) 4 (4.7)
Transect 7 CYAN: Lyngbya/Dapis - (<5%)
Halodule <5% (<5%)
Transect 10 CYAN: Lyngbya/Dapis - (<5%)
DB: Dictyota - (<5%)
DR: Acanthophora - (few)
Halodule solitary (solitary)
Thalassia 76-100% (76-100%)
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HaloduleSyringodiumThalassiano coveragesolitaryfew<5%5-25%25-50%51-75%76-100%
Average reported vs true
Abundance summary

A 

reported values deviate very little from the average, good job!

Halodule 0 mean BB categories away across transects

Syringodium 0 mean BB categories away across transects

Thalassia 0 mean BB categories away across transects

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SyringodiumThalassia01020
Average reported vs true
Blade Length summary

D 

reported values deviate a lot from the average, much lower

Halodule not recorded

Syringodium -12.2 cm difference on average across transects

Thalassia -12.6 cm difference on average across transects

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SyringodiumThalassia051015
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Short Shoot Density summary

B- 

reported values deviate a lot from the average, much lower

Halodule not recorded

Syringodium -7.7 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

Thalassia -1 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

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Abundance

A 

Looks good, keep doing what you're doing!
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Blade Length

D 

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

B- 

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

All species found, good job!
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Macroalgae identification

Missed a few (AA: Attached algae, AA: Caulerpa prolifera, CYAN: Lyngbya/Dapis, DB: Dictyota, DB: Drift Brown, DG: Ulva intestinales, DR: Acanthophora, DR: Gracilaria)! Check out the species guide at the link here.
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Additional resources
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