RISC: Standards

Aquatic Ecosystem

Data Custodian Contact: David Tesch

Field work requires a complete manual. Some RISC manuals with large size charts, colour images, etc. may not be entirely downloadable.

Manual TitleDateGov't Publications Order No.Download Files
User's Guide to the BC Watershed/Waterbody Identifier System - Version 3.0 Mar. '04   [PDF]
Manual of Standard Operating Procedures for Hydrometric Surveys in British Columbia Version 1.1 Nov. '98 7680000750 [PDF]
Ambient Freshwater and Effluent Sampling Manual 1997 7680000559  
Continuous Water_Quality Sampling Programs: Operating Procedures Jan. 07   [PDF]
Continuous Water Quality Sampling Programs: Appendices Jan. 07   [PDF]
Lake and Stream Bottom Sediment Sampling Manual 1997 7680000550  
Guidelines for Designing and Implementing a Water Quality Monitoring Program in British Columbia Feb. '98 7680000554  
Guidlines for Interpreting Water Quality Data Feb. '98 7680000553  
Guidelines for Monitoring Fine Sediment Deposition in Streams Version 1.3 May '02 7680000954 [PDF]
Fisheries Information Summary System (FISS) Oct. '97 7680001990 [PDF]
Overview Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory Methodology - Version 1.0 Mar. '99 7680000883 [PDF]
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Follow-up Sampling Stream Standards - Version 1.0 Apr. '06   [PDF]
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Follow-up Sampling Stream Standards - Version 1.0 Eratta No. 1 Apr. '07   [PDF]
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Standards and Procedures - Version 2.0 Apr. '01 7680001404  [PDF]
Reconnaissance (1:20,000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Standards and Procedures - Version 2.0 Errata Apr. '07   [PDF]
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Reach Information Guide - Version 1.0 Mar. '00 7680001127 [PDF]
Site Card Apr. '98   Site card front [PDF]
Site card back [PDF]
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory:  Site Card Field Guide - Version 2.0 Apr. '08   [PDF]
Lake Survey Form Apr. '98   Lake Survey Form front [PDF]
Lake Survey Form back [PDF]
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Lake Survey Form Field Guide - Version 2.0 Apr. '08   [PDF]
Fish Collection Form Apr. '98   Fish Collection Form front [PDF]
Fish Collection Form back [PDF]
Individual Fish Form front [PDF]
Individual Fish Form back [PDF]
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory:  Fish Collection Form Field Guide - Version 2.0 Apr. '08   [PDF]
Reconnaissance (1:20,000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Quality Assurance Procedures - Version 1.0 Mar. '99   [PDF]
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Quality Assurance Procedures - Version 1.0 Errata No. 1
 Mar. '04   [PDF]
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Users' Guide to the Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment Tool (FHAT20) Version 1.0 Apr. '00 7680001165 [PDF]
Field Key to Freshwater Fishes of BC (full size) May '94 7610000688 [PDF]
Field Key to Freshwater Fishes of BC  (field size water resistant version) May '94 7680000615  
Key to Species of Freshwater Calanoid Copopods of BC Mar. '96 7680000551  
A Key to Cladocerans (Crustacea) of BC: Families Daphniidae, Sididae, Bosminidae, Holopediidae, Leptodoridae and Polyphemidae (Draft) 1997 7680000560  
An Identification Guide to the Nymphal Mayflies (Order EPHEMEROPTERA) of British Columbia Mar. '96 7680000552  
Freshwater Biological Sampling Manual 1997 7680000557 [PDF]
Fish Collection Methods and Standards - Version 4.0 Jan. '97 7680000555 [PDF]
Fish Collection Methods and Standards - Version 4.0: Errata No. 1 Mar. '99 7680000786 [PDF]
Fish Collection Methods and Standards - Version 4.0: Errata No. 2 Mar. '04   [PDF]
Aerial Photography and Videography Standards: Applications for Stream Inventory and Assessment Mar. '96 7680000785 [PDF]
A Guide to Photodocumentation for Aquatic Inventory Mar. '96 7680000667 [PDF]
Bathymetric Standards for Lake Inventories Jan. '99 7680000775 [PDF]
Bathymetric Standards for Lake Inventories: Errata No. 1 Mar. '04   [PDF]
Standards for Fish and Fish Habitat Maps Version 3.0 Apr. '01 7680001462 [PDF]

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