Sampling Equipment

• bucket
• cups
• spoon
• long knife
• refractometer
• waterproof marker
• sampling site description sheet
• pencil
• camera
• GPS
• camera
• scoop

General Advice

 Take Picture of  every sample. It will make it a lot easier to locate the sample location in case you want to return. In order to identifiy the sample on the picture wirte the sample number clearly on the lid of the cup.

General Sand Sample

Transects

Pete Sample

A "Pete Sample" as a long, thin surface sample covering a stretch of different substrates or habitats. 

Scoop

In between vegetation, espacially in fresh water a scoop can be very helpfull to concentrate the material. 

Scooping was also very successfully used on a flooded meaddow. 

Building instructions will follow.

Core Sample

Traps

Until still just an idea traps could be put out in the field and then collected afterwards. Any progress will be reported here.