Getting to the Point: Accuracy of Point Count in Monitoring Ecosystem Change

Table 1

Optimal point count (OPC, defined in the methods) for different mean percent cover values (𝜇) and levels of transect heterogeneity (𝜇).

μ	σ = 0.2 μ	σ = 0.4 μ	σ = 0.6 μ
5	>600	260	137
10	382	98	62
20	174	46	26
30	97	22	13