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 simple process (see the screen shots below for details):

• • Step 1: Click the 'Create New Community Sample' button
  • Step 2: Enter: Site - Date - Time
  • Step 3: "Create" from the Actions column

Tips/Tricks/Features:

In general, data entry forms are customized to specific sample types within specific protocols (i.e. NAWQA or NRSA) and incorporate specific validations associated with those protocols; however...

User-specified Fish (FGEN) and User-specified Invertebrate (IGEN) data entry forms provide a more generalized set of fields to accommodate a wider variety of protocols. As such, these forms require the user to choose a "Sampling Method Reference" to ensure that the field sampling protocol is known.