From the Community Samples tab, a user can:
- Create and Edit Community Samples (Fish, Invertebrate, Algae)
- Create Lab Orders (Invertebrate, Algae) on this tab
Once a Fish Community Sample is created, a user can:
- Use the Fish Pick List for rapid data entry of fish taxonomic results
Creating a Sample is a multiple-step process:
- Click the 'Create New Community Sample' button
- Enter: Site - Date - Time
- Select "Create" from the Actions column
Tips/Tricks/Features:
Once created, the forms that a user accesses using the majority of the sample types are designed with specific fields an validations associated with the indicated protocols (i.e. NAWQA or NRSA); however, the User-specified Fish (FGEN) and User-specified Invertebrate (IGEN) data entry screens provide a more generalized set of fields to accommodate a wider variety of protocols. As such, the user, after selecting one of these sample types, is required to choose a "Sampling Method Reference" to ensure that the field sampling protocol is known.