Squally Beach Year 5 Riparian Cover
Years 1, 3, and 5 (2006) Riparian Development at Squally Beach – Cover
Cover Type Year 1 (2002) Year 3 (2004) Year 5 (2006)
Unbiased Average Quadrat Canopy Cover 90% Confidence Interval Year 3 Targets Unbiased Average Quadrat Canopy Cover 90% Confidence Interval Year 5 Targets Stratified Mean (Standard Estimate) Stratified Mean (Bootstrap Estimate) 95% Confidence Interval (Bias-Corrected Bootstrap Estimate)
Lower Upper Lower Upper Lower Upper
Bound Bound Bound Bound Bound Bound
NATIVE                        
Herbs & Forbs 38.7% 22.2% 55.1% >70% 105.6% 39.5% 171.8% - n/a n/a n/a n/a
Shrubs 3.2% 0.9% 5.4% >30% 65.4% 0.0% 148.5% >50% 13.3% 13.2% 7.4% 18.8%
Trees 2.7% 0.9% 4.4% >25% 101.9% 37.8% 165.9% >40% 63.7% 63.7% 49.5% 77.6%
TOTAL NATIVE 13.5% 3.0% 23.9%   117.9% 77.7% 158.2%   77.0% 77.3% 59.5% 92.5%
TOTAL NNI 38.1% 21.8% 54.5% <2% 102.1% 75.4% 128.8% <5% 20.5% 20.5% 10.9% 30.4%
n/a = Not assessed
Note:
It is not appropriate to compare directly the results from various years because the estimates were calculated differently.  Also note that the Years 1 and 3 results included herbs and forbs in the totals, while herbs and forbs were not a monitoring component in Year 5.