Sample Medium list for Biological Community Samples |
Sample Medium |
Sample Medium Code |
Type of Sample |
FISH COMMUNITY |
FISHCOMM |
fish community sample |
INVERTEBRATE RICHEST TARGETED HABITAT; NON-SNAG |
IRTH |
invertebrate semi-quantitative sample collected from
non-snag substrate. The vast majority of non-snag RTH samples were
collected from coarse-grained natural substrates. A few, however, have
been collected from submerged macrophytes or fine-grained substrates. |
INVERTEBRATE RICHEST TARGETED HABITAT; SNAG |
IRTHSNAG |
invertebrate semi-quantitative sample collected from
submerged wood (snags) |
INVERTEBRATE QUALITATIVE MULTI-HABITAT |
IQMH |
invertebrate qualitative sample collected from multiple
instream habitats within the sampling reach. |
ALGAE RICHEST TARGETED HABITAT |
ARTH |
algae semi-quantitative sample. The majority of ARTH samples were collected from coarse-grained natural substrates or from submerged wood (snags). Others were collected from submerged macrophytes, fine-grained substrates, or from artificial substrates. |
ALGAE DEPOSITIONAL TARGETED HABITAT |
ADTH |
algae semi-quantitative sample collected from fine-grained substrates. |
INVERTEBRATE QUALITATIVE MULTI-HABITAT |
AQMH |
algae qualitative sample collected from multiple
instream habitats within the sampling reach. |
ALGAE PHYTOPLANKTON |
APHY |
quantitative sample of algae suspended in the water column. |