Planet WGSW-24010 User Manual page 129

MTR MACROPHYTE SURVEY FIELD RECORD SHEET
Site details
River name
NGR top
Sur vey details
Date / / Start time
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Percentage cover scale: 9 point, C
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Wadeable Non-wadeable
Overall percentage cover %
Physical Records
Record the actual estimated percentage for each of the following AND Record 1 = <5%, 2 = 5 - 25% and 3
= >25% in the boxes below for comparison with previous surveys (optional for the latter)
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Width (m) <1 % 1–5
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Depth (m) <0.25 % 0.25–0.5
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Substrata Bedrock %
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Sand %
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H abitats Pool % Run
Shading Left bank None
Right bank None
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Water clarity Clear %
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Bed stability Solid/Firm %
Photograph identification
o
Sketch map completed?
Measure of confidence for comparability of survey lengths (I >75%; II 50-75%; III <50%)
1) Site name
Measure of confidence
2) Site name
Measure of confidence
3) Site name
Measure of confidence
Comments
River name
R&D Technical Report E38
Site name
NGR bottom
: Surveyor(s)
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5 point, A Survey length:
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Boat
Measure of confidence of typicality
(survey distorted by: A <25%, B 25-50%; C >50%)
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% >5–10 % 10–20
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% >0.5–1.0 %
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Boulders/Cobbles % Pebbles/Gravel
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Silt/Clay % Peat
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% Riffle %
o o
% Broken %
o o
% Broken %
o o
Cloudy % Turbid %
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Stable % Unstable %
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facing downstream?
Diatom sample taken (optional)?
Site name
Site name
Site name
Site name
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100 m 500 m
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% >20 %
o o
>1.0 %
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%
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%
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Slack %
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Dense %
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Dense %
o o
Soft/Sinking %
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facing upstream?
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