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Current Date: 2009 January 17

*Measurement Date:
Year: Select 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 Month: Select January February March April May June July August September October November December Day:

*Name of Site:
Create a unique name that describes the location of your site.
(Other defined sites: N/A )

*Coordinates:

(School Location: Latitude : deg North Longitude : deg East Elevation : meters Source of data : Select ) Use these current School Location coordinates

Or, specify new coordinates for this site and indicate the source of this data: Source of data: GPS Other Data Source (accuracy equivalent to GPS) Latitude: deg North South of the Equator (Enter the data in the format 56.8462 deg and mark whether it is North or South.) Longitude: deg East West of the Prime Meridian (Enter the data in the format 102.9073 deg and mark whether it is East or West.) Elevation: meters

Please supply as much of the following information as you can now. When you obtain additional information click on "Define/Edit a Study Site" and click on the name of the site to update it.

Classification of sampled water body

*Name of body of water: Name commonly used on maps. If the body of water does not have a common name then provide a description of the water body it comes from or flows into or both. Examples: Unnamed Stream, Tributary to Green River Unnamed Stream, Outlet from Whiterock Lake Unnamed Stream, Outlet from Bear Lake, Tributary to Black Creek Unnamed Pond - no surface inflow or outflow (this implies a groundwater source) Unnamed Pond - source of Alligator Creek Unnamed Pond - outflow is a tributary to Cattle Creek *Water Type: Salt (>25 ppt) Brackish (2 - 25 ppt) Fresh (<2 ppt)

Water Body Source Moving Water: Stream River Other Approximate Width of Moving Water meters Standing Water: Pond Lake Reservoir Bay Ditch Ocean Estuary Other Size of Standing Water: Much Smaller than 50m X 100m Roughly 50m X 100m Much Larger than 50m X 100m Approximate Area of Standing Water km2 Average Depth of Standing Water meters Note: if you select Ocean, do not enter any values for Area and Depth

Sample Location: Outlet Bank Bridge Boat Inlet Pier

Can you see the bottom? Yes No

Channel/Bank Material (Check all that apply): Soil Rock Concrete Vegetated Bank

Bedrock (Check all that apply): Granite Lime Stone Volcanics Mixed Sediments Don't Know

Freshwater Habitats Present: Rocky Substrate Vegetated Banks Mud Substrate Sand Substrate Submersed Vegetation Logs

Saltwater Habitats Present: Rocky Shore Sandy Shore Mud Flats/Estuary

General description of your study site and metadata (Comments):