Marine Debris Project Final Report 2014

Figure 8. Map of Australia showing (a) the location of citizen science transects and emu parades (blue dots) andtransects carried out by project staff (orange dots).TrainingTeachers from Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and Western Australiaparticipated in the 7-day TeachWild program. The level of training did not appear to effect thedensity of marine debris recorded by each group during transects (Figure 11): there was nosignificant difference in data collection between groups receiving one week or one day of training.Both groups found comparable quantities of marine debris during coastal debris surveys and were46 | Understanding the effects of marine debris on wildlife