Flora

Method	Reference	Licence Required
General Vascular Plants	Critchley, C.N.R. and Burke, M.J.W., 1999. Vegetation monitoring in English, Environmentally Sensitive Areas: the potential role of the Countryside, Vegetation System. White, J. and Doyle, G.J., 1982. Classification of Irish plant communities. White, J. and Doyle, G.J., 1982. The vegetation of Ireland: a catalogue raisonné. Journal of Life Sciences. 3: 289–368. Hodgson, J.G., Colasanti, R. and Sutton, F. Functional Interpretation of Botanical Surveys General Methods. Hatton-Ellis, T.W. and Grieve, N., 2003. Monitoring Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion. Vegetation Communities. Conserving Natura 2000 Rivers Monitoring Series No. 11 Causton, D.R., 1988. Introduction to vegetation analysis. Edited by Palmer, M.A. and Bratton, J.H., 1995. A Sample Survey of the Flora of Britain and Ireland. The Botanical Society of the British Isles Monitoring Scheme 1987-1988. Holmes, N.T.H., Newman, J.R., Chadd, S., Rouen, K.J., Saint, L. and Dawson, F.H., 1999. Mean Trophic Rank: A User’s Manual. R&D Technical Report E38.	Licences may be required for some projects involving Schedule 8 species
Macrophyte	Palmer, M., 1992. A Botanical Classification of Standing Waters in Great Britain & a Method for the Use of Macrophyte Flora in Assessing Changes in Water Quality. Birk, S., Korte, T. and Hering, D., 2006. Intercalibration of assessment methods for macrophytes in lowland streams: direct comparison and analysis of common metrics. Hydrobiologia. 566: 417-430. Department of the Environment, 1987. Methods for the Use of Aquatic Macrophytes for Assessing Water Quality 1985-86.
Pteridophytes	No established methodology known
Lichen	Edited by Luigi Nimis,P., Scheidegger, C. and Wolseley, P.A., 2002. Monitoring with Lichens. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop. Edited by D Hill, 2006. Surveying and Report Writing for Lichenologists: Guidelines for surveyors, consultants and commissioning agencies. British Lichen Society.
Algae	Kelly, M. G., Adams, C., Graves, A. C., Jamieson, J., Krokowski, J., Lycett, E. B., Murray-Bligh, J., Pritchard, S. and Wilkins, C., 2001. The Trophic Diatom Index: A User’s Manual. R&D Technical Report E2/TR2. Paxinos, R., 2000. A rapid Utermöhl method for estimating algal numbers. Journal of Plankton Research. 22(12): 2255-2262. Oxford University Press. Bollmanna, J.; Cortesb, M.Y.; Haidarc, A.T.; Brabecd, B.; Closee, A.; Hofmanna, R.; Palmaf, S.; Tupasg, L.; and Thiersteina H.R., 2002. Techniques for quantitative analyses of calcareous marine phytoplankton. Marine Micropaleontology. 44(3): 163-185. Elsevier Nixdorf, B., Rektins, A. and Mischke, U., 2006. Guidance standard on the enumeration of phytoplankton using inverted microscopy (Utermöhl technique) no current standard is superseded. Environmental Protection in the EU. 3: 301-314 Thomas, N.S. Procedural Guideline No. 3–9 Quantitative sampling of sublittoral sediment biotopes and species using remote-operated grabs. www.jncc.gov.uk/PDF/MMH-Pg%203-9.pdf.
Fungi	Ainsworth, A.M., 2004. Developing tools for assessing, fungal interest in habitats. 1: beech woodland saprotrophs. English Nature Research Reports.