More information about the sample

Day

Day of record (blank if not recorded)

Month

Month of record (blank if not recorded)

Day2

End date (day) if survey over a period

Month2

End date (month) if survey over a period

Year2

End date (year) if survey over a period

Source

Source of record (Field survey / museum / published literature)

More information about the sample site and method

Site reference

Survey site code or number (if used)

Catchment code

Water catchment code

Sample location identifiers

(e.g. netted from third tree south of bridge 40m downstream)

Sample method

e.g. seine netting, electrofishing, etc.

More information about the species

Status

Status of species – (native/introduced/escaped/

self maintaining/restocked/unknown)

Species presence

Confirmed presence or absence of a species at a site on given date

Population (qualitative)

e.g. single specimen, rare, frequent, common, abundant etc.

Catch

Number of specimens caught during sampling (includes ranges)

Population (quantitative)

Quantitative population information (e.g. density, actual or estimated, and estimation method)

Biomass

Quantitative biomass data

Breeding

Yes / No (Evidence species is breeding at site – eggs or fry present)

Stage

Life stage(s) of  species present (eggs/fry/adult/male etc)

More information about the habitat

Waterbody type

e.g. river, canal, pond, lake reservoir etc.

Habitat type (character)

Brief description of habitat type

Substrate

Main substrate type

Vegetation type

General (not species lists) e.g. reed beds, floating vegetation

Depth

Depth of water (units stated or qualified)

Area

Area of still water body (units stated)

Length

Length of sampled stretch of river etc. (units stated)

Current speed

Speed of current - measured (state units)

Current (qualitative)

Stagnant, slow, ... fast, etc.

Altitude

Altitude (units stated)