Resources Information Standards Committee: Standards

Aquatic Ecosystem
Data Custodian Contact: Tony Cheong

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

Manual Title
Date
Gov't Publications
Order #
Download Files  
User's Guide to the BC Watershed/Waterbody Identifier System - Version 3.0  Mar. '04   Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Manual of Standard Operating Procedures for Hydrometric Surveys in British Columbia Version 1.1  Nov. '98 7680000750 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Ambient Freshwater and Effluent Sampling Manual 1997 7680000559  
Automated Water Quality Monitoring - Field Manual Version 1.0 June '99 7680000885 Adobe Acrobat (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 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Fisheries Information Summary System (FISS) Oct. '97 7680001990 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Overview Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory Methodology - Version 1.0 Mar. '99 7680000883 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Overview Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory Methodology - Version 1.0 Errata No. 1 Mar. '04   Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Follow-up Sampling Stream Standards - Version 1.0  Apr. '06   Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Standards and Procedures - Version 2.0  Apr. '01 7680001404  Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Standards and Procedures - Version 2.0
Errata No. 1		  Mar. '04   Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Standards and Procedures - Version 2.0
Errata No. 2		  Apr. '06   Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Reach Information Guide - Version 1.0  Mar. '00 7680001127 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)

Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Reach Information Guide - Version 1.0 Errata No. 1

  Mar. '04   Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Site Card Apr. '98   Adobe Acrobat (PDF):
Site card front
Site card back
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory:  Site Card Field Guide Mar. '99 7680000788 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory:  Site Card Field Guide  Errata No. 1 Mar. '00 7680001122 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory:  Site Card Field Guide  Errata No. 2 Apr. '01   Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory:  Site Card Field Guide  Errata No. 3 Mar. '04   Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Lake Survey Form Apr. '98   Adobe Acrobat (PDF):
Lake Survey Form front
Lake Survey Form back
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Lake Survey Form Field Guide Mar. '99 7680000790 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Lake Survey Form Field Guide
Errata No. 1		 Mar. '00 7680001120 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Lake Survey Form Field Guide
Errata No. 2		 Apr. '01   Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Lake Survey Form Field Guide
Errata No. 3		 Mar. '04   Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Fish Collection Form Apr. '98   Adobe Acrobat (PDF):
Fish Collection Form front
Fish Collection Form back
Individual Fish Form front
Individual Fish Form back
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory:  Fish Collection Form Field Guide Mar. '99 7680000789 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory:  Fish Collection Form Field Guide
Errata No. 1		 Mar. '00 7680001121 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory:  Fish Collection Form Field Guide
Errata No. 2		 Apr. '01   Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory:  Fish Collection Form Field Guide
Errata No. 3		 Mar. '04   Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Quality Assurance Procedures - Version 1.0
Forms (Word files) accessible from TOC		  Mar. '00 7680001128 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Quality Assurance Procedures - Version 1.0 Errata No. 1
  Mar. '04   Adobe Acrobat (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 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Reconnaissance (1:20 000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Users' Guide to the Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment Tool (FHAT20) Version 1.0
Errata No. 1		 Mar. '04   Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Field Key to Freshwater Fishes of BC -  (full size)  May '94 7610000688 Adobe Acrobat (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 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Fish Collection Methods and Standards - Version 4.0  Jan. '97 7680000555 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Fish Collection Methods and Standards - Version 4.0
Errata No. 1		 Mar. '99 7680000786 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Fish Collection Methods and Standards - Version 4.0
Errata No. 2		  Mar. '04   Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Aerial Photography and Videography Standards: Applications for Stream Inventory and Assessment  Mar. '96 7680000785 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
A Guide to Photodocumentation for Aquatic Inventory Mar. '96 7680000667 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Bathymetric Standards for Lake Inventories  Jan. '99 7680000775 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Bathymetric Standards for Lake Inventories
Errata No. 1		  Mar. '04   Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
Standards for Fish and Fish Habitat Maps Version 3.0 Apr. '01 7680001462 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
To order hardcopy manuals, call Queen's Printer Government Publications Centre at: (250) 387-3309 or Toll-free: 1-800-663-6105 or visit the RISC pages on their webpage at: http://www.publications.gov.bc.ca