Site testing or sampling conducted along a continuous strip within the proposed project parcel The strip is used for organization and tabulation of data collection (e g , frequency and size of artifacts)
— a straight line across the landscape area along which a study of distribution and abundance of species is made
A straight line placed on the ground along which ecological measurements are taken If an ecologist wanted to sample the diversity of intertidal organisms in the intertidal, he/she would place a number of transects perpendicular to the shore and take samples at predetermined interval lengths