Safety protocols should be reviewed before each sampling event.

• 2.0 General Protocols for Safety in Sampling
• 2.1 Job Safety Analysis and Response Forms
• 2.2 Safety in Sampling from Bridge
• 2.3 Safety in Sampling from Boats and Aircraft
• 2.4 Safety in Sampling from Shore
• 2.5 Safety in Sampling by Wading
• 2.6 Safety in Sampling Through Ice
• 2.7 Safety in Field Preservation of Sample

• 
  How to use this manual
• 
  1.0 Introduction to the Manual
  • 1.0 Introduction to the Manual
  • 1.1 Water Quality Sampling - Importance of Proper Sample Collection to Achieve Results
  • 1.2 Certification and Choosing a Laboratory
  • 1.3 Quality Assurance and Control in Sampling
• 
  2.0 General Protocols for Safety in Sampling
  • 2.0 General Protocols for Safety in Sampling
  • 2.1 Job Safety Analysis and Response Forms
  • 2.2 Safety in Sampling from Bridge
  • 2.3 Safety in Sampling from Boats and Aircraft
  • 2.4 Safety in Sampling from Shore
  • 2.5 Safety in Sampling by Wading
  • 2.6 Safety in Sampling Through Ice
  • 2.7 Safety in Field Preservation of Sample
• 
  3.0 Protocol for cleaning sampling equipment
• 
  4.0 General protocols for field notes
  • 4.0 General protocols for field notes
  • 4.1 General protocols for chain of custody
  • 4.2 Protocol for storage and shipment of samples
• 
  5.0 General protocol for field filtration
  • 5.0 General protocol for field filtration
  • 5.1 Protocol for filtering phosphorus and nutrient samples
  • 5.2 Protocol for conventional field measurements
• 
  6.0 Protocol for general sampling methods
  • 6.0 Protocol for general sampling methods
  • 6.1 Protocol for taking secchi disc measurements
  • 6.2 Water column sampling
    • 6.2.1 Protocol for sampling the water column from boats and aircraft
    • 6.2.2 Protocol for sampling the water column from bridges
    • 6.2.3 Protocol for sampling the water column through ice
    • 6.2.4 Protocol for sampling the water column in lakes and streams at depth
    • 6.2.5 Protocol for sampling from shore
    • 6.2.6 Protocol for sampling by wading
    • 6.2.7 Protocol for sampling with use of a multi sampler
    • 6.2.8 Protocol for composite sampling
    • 6.2.9 Protocol for collecting integrated and/or composite integrated samples
  • 6.3 Protocol for monitoring for physical characteristics, nutrients, ions and metals
  • 6.4 Protocol for surface layer sampling
  • 6.5 Protocol for automated sampling (multi-probes)
  • 6.6 Protocol for bacteriological sampling
  • 6.7 General protocol for collection of water samples for laboratory bioassays
  • 6.8 Protocol for chlorophyll-a
  • 6.9 Protocol for mercury
  • 6.10 Protocol for microbial source tracking
  • 6.11 Protocol for photosynthetically-active radiation (PAR) sensing
  • 6.12 Protocol for protozoa
  • 6.13 Protocol for trace organic contaminants and pesticides
  • 6.14 Protocol for radionuclides
• 
  7.0 Protocol for sediment monitoring
  • 7.1 Protocol for sediment monitoring for nutrients, metals, and physical characteristics
  • 7.2 Protocol for air lift sediment monitoring
  • 7.3 Protocol for sampling suspended sediments
  • 7.4 Protocol for sediment oxygen demand monitoring
• 
  8.0 Protocol for sampling fish
  • 8.1 Prevention of the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species
  • 8.2 Protocol for fish collection and processing tissues
  • 8.3 Protocol for sampling fish with gill nets
  • 8.4 Protocol for sampling fish with beach seines
  • 8.5 Protocol for sampling with set lines
  • 8.6 Protocol for sampling with electro-fishing
  • 8.7 Protocol for Fyke nets
  • 8.8 Protocol for minnow traps
  • 8.9 Protocol for processing fish tissues
  • 8.10 Protocol for sampling parasites in fish
• 
  9.0 Protocol for sampling invertebrates
  • 9.1 Prevention of the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species
  • 9.2 Protocol for sampling invertebrates from streams
  • 9.3 Protocol for sampling invertebrates with travelling kick and sweep-lake
  • 9.4 Protocol for sampling invertebrates with travelling kick and sweep-stream
  • 9.5 Protocol for sampling invertebrates with drift net sampler
  • 9.6 Protocol for sampling invertebrates with Surber sampler
  • 9.7 Protocol for sampling invertebrates with Hess sampler
  • 9.8 Protocol for sampling invertebrates with Neill sampler
  • 9.9 Protocol for sampling invertebrates with a grab sample
  • 9.10 Protocol for sampling invertebrates with use of artificial substrates
  • 9.11 Protocol for sampling invertebrates in wetlands
  • 9.12 Protocol for sampling invertebrates in soft sediments
  • 9.13 Protocol for invertebrate sample processing
  • 9.14 Protocol for sampling invertebrates for tissue
  • 9.15 Protocol for bivalve and mollusc monitoring
• 
  10.0 Protocol for insitu sampling
  • 10.1 Protocol for insitu salmonid egg bioassays
  • 10.2 Protocol for insitu caged fish bioassays
• 
  11.0 Protocol for sampling macrophytes
  • 11.1 Protocol for sampling macrophytes in lakes
  • 11.2 Protocol for macrophyte surface inventory
  • 11.3 Protocol for point intercept macrophyte surveys
  • 11.4 Protocol for line intercept macrophyte surveys
  • 11.5 Protocol for transect with quadrat macrophyte surveys
  • 11.6 Protocol for sampling macrophytes in rivers and streams
  • 11.7 Protocol for sampling macrophyte taxonomy
  • 11.8 Protocol for macrophyte tissue analysis
• 
  12.0 Protocol for biofilm sampling
  • 12.1 Protocol for biofilm sampling
  • 12.2 Protocol for biofilm sampling-sand coring method
• 
  13.0 Phytoplankton Sampling including Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
• 
  14.0 Protocol for sampling mussels for metals and trace organics
• 
  15.0 Sampling Zooplankton
• 
  16.0 Glossary of Terms
• 
  17.0 References