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| ISO Standards | - ISO 7828: 1985 (BS EN 27828),1994. Water Quality – Methods of biological sampling – Guidance on handnet sampling of aquatic benthic macro-invertebrates.
- ISO 8265: 1988 (BS EN 28265), 1994. Design and use of quantitative samplers for benthic macro-invertebrates on stony substrata in shallow freshwaters.
- EN ISO 9391, 1993. Water quality – Sampling in deep waters for macro-invertebrates – guidance on the use of colonization, qualitative and quantitative samplers.
- BS EN ISO 8689-1, 2000. Water quality – biological classification of rivers – Part 1: Guidance on the interpretation of biological quality data from surveys of benthic macro-invertebrates.
- BS EN ISO 8689-2, 2000. Water quality – biological classification of rivers – Part 1: Guidance on the presentation of biological quality data from surveys of benthic macro-invertebrates.
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- Edited by Sutherland, W.J., 1996. Ecological Census Techniques. A Handbook. Cambridge University Press.
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| Crayfish | - Peay, S., 2003. Monitoring the White-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes. Conserving Natura 2000 Rivers Monitoring Series No 1. English Nature.
- AERC, 1998. Surveys of the Distribution of Freshwater Crayfish (Austropotamobius Pallipes) In Northern Ireland. Environment and Heritage Service
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