Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 559 6 Inch Core 6IN 2022-06-02T15:05:11 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 85 A-Frame Net A-frame dip nets are mostly used for catching smelt and are based on a Native American design that has been used on the California coast for many thousands of years. AN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 126 Activity Trap AT 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 17 Anchor Box Dredge A device which can operation on both packed sandy bottom and muddy ground. Derived from the anchor dredge but includes a metal box protecting the net and a mechanical opening and closing mechanism. ABD 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 127 Artificial Substrate A method for sampling hard bottom areas, and quantitatively comparable samples can be obtained from any type of stream to sample bethnic stream invertebrates. AS 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 518 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Autonomous Underwater Vehicle AUV 2021-07-14T12:45:32 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 577 Autosampler (other) Automated sampling device for water or air/gas, type unspecified ASO 2023-07-13T17:18:55 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 298 Backhoe An excavator to which a shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to excavate materials. BH 2018-01-26T12:20:41 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 47 Backpack Electroshock A scientific survey method used to sample fish populations to determine abundance, density, and species composition. BE 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 86 Beach Seine Net Seine fishing (or seine-haul fishing) is a method of fishing that employs a fishing net called a seine, that hangs vertically in the water with its bottom edge held down by weights and its top edge buoyed by floats. Seine nets can be deployed from the shore as a beach seine, or from a boat. BSN 2025-01-31T08:48:35 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 71 Beam Trawl A beam trawl consists of a cone-shaped body ending in a bag or codend, which retains the catch. In these trawls the horizontal opening of the net is provided by a beam, made of wood or metal, which is up to 12 m long. The vertically opening is provided by two hoop-like trawl mostly made from steel. No hydrodynamic forces are needed to keep a beam trawl open.heads/shoes BT 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 12 Benthic Corer (Other) A tool that bores a large tube into the benthos and then bringing up a column, or core, of sediment intact within the tube. Caps can automatically seal off the ends of the core after it has pulled up a sample, protecting the sample and keeping it intact. Different sizes and approaches work with different organisms and sediment types. BCO 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 23 Benthic Dredge (Other) A towed sampling tool that captures benthic organisms in the substrate. BDO 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 36 Benthic Grab (Other) Grab sampling is the simple process of bringing up surface sediments from the seafloor. Once it is launched, the jaws of the grab sampler open and it descends to the seafloor. A spring closes the jaws, and they trap sediments or loose substrate. The grab sampler is then brought up to the surface where its contents are studied in detail BGO 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 578 Benthic Kick Net Benthic Kick Net used for sampling benthic macroinvertebrates BKK 2022-07-28T14:54:09 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 277 Beta sampler Samplers, vertical or horizontal, that obtain water samples at a specific depth with little contamination from other water levels. Designed with no metal parts in contact with the sample for more accurate trace metal and organic sampling. BSA 2025-06-02T14:10:03 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 120 Birge Closing Net For vertical and horizontal sampling within a specific zone. Has long inlet cone. Used for vertical and horizontal sampling within a specific zone of water. Consists of 2 truncated cones connected at their bases. BCN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 128 Black Light Trap BLT 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 87 Block Net block net used to funnel species downstream through a narrow opening so that they can be enumerated using sonar. BLN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 48 Boat-Mounted Electroshock Sometimes called a stunboat the boat itself is the cathode, and the anode(s) are generally mounted off the bow. Electricity flowing between the cathode and anode. This affects the movement of the fish so that they swim toward the anode, where they can be caught. BME 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 18 Bod Dredge Bio-Dredging, a biological process to remove sediment and nutrients from water bodies, and dredging equipment that uses suction or mechanical methods to remove sediment. BD 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 72 Bongo Net Floating or suspended fish eggs and newly hatched larvae are often caught with Bongo nets. The mesh size is very fine, ranging from 20 µm up to 1000 µm (1 mm), thus allowing eggs and larvae with sizes of order 1-20 mm to be caught. The nets, mounted on a rigid yoke, can be towed from the surface to near the bottom for sampling throughout the water column. BON 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 1 Boomerang Corer Device can be dropped over the side of a moving ship, where it will sink rapidly to the ocean floor, take a core of sediment, release ballast, and automatically return to the surface for retrieval. BMC 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 28 Boomerang Grab Free falling samplers that weigh approximately 85 kg and are deployed directly from the side of a boat. BG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 2 Box Corer The boxcorer takes relatively undisturbed samples. The equipment operates by a self releasing trigger system triggered by the frame touching the sea bed. The square box is pushed into the bottom by gravity force of the weight mounted on the top of the box retainer. A spade freed by the trigger-mechanism closes the sample box during the recovery of the unit preventing the sample being washed-out. BC 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 129 Box Sampler A tool used for the quantitative analysis of macroinvertebrates. Types of boxes include Gerking, 1957 and Anderson and Smith 1996. BS 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 19 Brail BRL 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 151 Bucket Sampling water with a bucket. B 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 20 Burrell Epibenthic Sled An instrument designed to collect benthic and benthopelagic faunas from the deep sea. The sled is made from a steel frame consisting of two skids and stabilizing planes to keep it from sinking too deep into the mud. BES 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 29 Campbell Grab A grab bucket. CAG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 190 Cast Net Also called a throw net, is a net used for fishing. It is a circular net with small weights distributed around its edge. The net is cast or thrown by hand in such a manner that it spreads out while it's in the air before it sinks into the water. This technique is called net casting or net throwing. Fish are caught as the net is hauled back in. This simple device is particularly effective for catching small bait or forage fish, and has been in use, with various modifications, for 1000 years. CN 2014-06-19T00:00:00 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 88 Center Bag CB 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 21 Chain Dredge A dredge chain is the cutting and conveying mechanism found on chain ladder dredges. The main function of a dredge chain is to agitate and excavate material while keeping the suction clear for pumping. CD 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 418 Churn Splitter A churn splitter is used to ensure that subsamples accurately represent a composite sample. ... Churn splitters—or churns—are used to mix a composited sample and simultaneously dispense it into bottles for laboratory analysis. CS 2020-07-27T08:18:04 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 30 Clam-Shell Grab A grab dredger picks up seabed material with a clam shell bucket, which hangs from an onboard crane or a crane barge, or is carried by a hydraulic arm, or is mounted like on a dragline. CLG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 121 Clarke-Bumpus Net Zooplankton collection system that could be deployed as multiple units on the wire and had a positive means of opening and closing the mouth of the net. CBN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 53 Concussion C 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 54 Creel Survey The term creel survey is applied to sampling surveys that target recreational anglers. Traditionally, the survey is conducted on‐site at access points along the water and the angler is asked about the fish species that have been targeted, the numbers of each species caught and released, and the time spent fishing. These data are used to estimate the total catch and effort for that recreational fishery in order to manage its harvest. CSU 2020-07-24T20:18:55 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 90 D-Frame Net Used for muddy-bottom stream sampling, a long-handled D-frame or dip net is recommended for reaching into vegetation that grows along stream banks or is attached to the stream bottom, and for sweeping up macroinvertebrates dislodged from woody debris. D-frame nets also come in different mesh sizes. DFN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 176 DH-81 A lightweight hand-held depth integrating sampler used for the collection of suspendedsediment samples in wadeable streams. D81 2011-12-08T16:51:38 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 175 DH-95 The US DH-95TM14 is a hand-line suspended-sediment/water-quality sampler. D95 2011-12-08T16:51:38 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 89 Danish Seine Net Also occasionally called an anchor seine, consists of a conical net with two long wings with a bag where the fish collect. Drag lines extend from the wings, and are long so they can surround an area. A seine hangs vertically in the water with its bottom edge held down by weights and its top edge buoyed by floats. Seine nets can be deployed from the shore as a beach seine, or from a boat. DSN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 3 Dart Corer (Gravity) A bottom-sampling device that penetrates a few centimeters to several meters below the seafloor. To obtain samples of surficial sediments, a piston core or gravity core “dart”, a weighted tube, is dropped to the ocean floor and recovered with an attached wire line. DRCG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 488 Depth-integrating SuspendedWadingSampler Depth-integrating samplers accumulate a water-sediment sample in a pint-size milk bottle as they are lowered to the streambed and raised back to the surface at a uniform rate of transit. DISWS 2022-08-11T09:21:46 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 31 Dietz-Lafond Grab A grab sampler used to obtain bottom samples from the seabed. DLG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 214 Diffusion Gradient in Thin Film Diffusion Gradient in Thin Film DGTF 2021-11-26T00:09:44 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 91 Dip Net Used for collecting aquatic invertebrates and fish from the bank of a body of water.  DIN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 378 Dip Pole Dip Pole DP 2019-07-23T11:52:33 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 203 Disposable plastic scoop A plastic samplign tool that is disposable. DPS 2016-02-19T08:25:18 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 558 Diver DV 2022-06-02T15:04:02 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 55 Draw Down DD 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 92 Drift Gill Net Vertical panels of netting that hang from a line with regularly spaced floaters that hold the line on the surface of the water. DGN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 4 Drilled Sampler Testing and Sampling both soil or rock samples taken at desired depth intervals DRS 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 5 Drive Sampler (Generic) The Drive Sampler is used to sample the in-place soil by driving a thin-walled tube to obtain a soil sample of known volume. DRSG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 93 Drop Net Used for one-man bait catching. A net dropped from bridge, pier , boat, any place over water. DRN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 32 Ekman Grab A soft sediment sampler. Sediments must be free from debris and plant growth. Takes a disturbed sample from very soft top layers. Spring loaded jaws prevent loss of material therefore you must ensure no small stones or stalks prevent the closure of grab and so loss of your sample. EG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 49 Electric Seine A electrified net used to collect fish that hangs vertically in the water. It can be moved up and down the stream to collect fish. ES 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 50 Electroshock (Other) The process of sending an electrical current through a body of water to stun fish for the purpose of colleting information on the health and composition of a fish population. EO 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 130 Emergence Trap Emergence Trap is designed to float on the surface of a pond or other water body and will trap adult insects as they emerge from the water. This trap is ideal for estimating the population densities of insect species. ET 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 94 English Umbrella Net A rectangular net 200 cm on a side and 300 cm long made from 0.22 mm nylon mesh is designed to fit through a hole in an ice flow closed, and open once underneath. A messenger is used to close the mouth opening at a specific depth prior to retrieval though the ice EUN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 6 Erwin Piston Corer A piston corer is a long, heavy tube plunged into the seafloor to extract samples of mud sediment. A piston inside the tube allows scientists to capture the longest possible samples, up to 90 feet in length. EPC 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 7 Ewing Gravity Corer The gravity corer allows researchers to sample and study sediment layers at the bottom of lakes or oceans. It got its name because gravity carries it to the bottom of the water body.  EGC 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 213 Excavator bucket Excavator buckets are made of solid steel and generally present teeth protruding from the cutting edge, to disrupt hard material and avoid wear-and-tear of the bucket. EXB 2016-04-28T11:49:39 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 22 Experimental Brail EB 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 95 Experimental Gill Net Gill netting is the capture of fish by entanglement in a fabric mesh that is not actively moved by man or machine. Experimental gill nets usually have several 4.5- to 15-m panels of various mesh sizes, thus reducing the potential for size selectivity. EGN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 575 Faucet Water sample from faucet F 2023-07-13T17:18:55 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 131 Fish Weir Fish weir an obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to direct the passage of, or trap fish. FW 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 619 Flow Meter Measures the flow of water FM 2023-06-01T16:57:51 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 33 Free Fall Grab A scissors-type, free-fall grab is disclosed for picking up ground samples from a sea bed. FFG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 132 Fry Trap FRT 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 133 Funnel Trap FUT 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 96 Fyke Net A bag net for catching fish. FN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 134 Glass Slide GS 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 45 Glass Slide Device GSD 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 188 Glass fiber filter For general gravimetric air sampling and analysis GFF 2020-07-27T10:38:19 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 8 Gravity Corer (Generic) Gravity corers are widely used for the collection of the smallest marine metazoans (meiofauna) from subtidal grounds. The gravity corer is basically a weighted tube mounted within a frame that descends by gravity from the research vessel to the sea floor, where it penetrates the sediment to a given depth, filling the tube with sediment in the process. GCG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 576 Hand (other) Grabbed or picked by hand or hand tool HO 2023-07-13T17:18:55 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 9 Hand Corer A hand-held benthic corer uses a plumber's pipe test plug to create suction. The test plug excludes water, detritus, aquatic plants, and creates suction that holds substrate in the barrel of the corer. HC 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 318 Hanging Bag Sampling bags are used to collect and contain samples of solids and liquids for laboratory tests. HB 2018-01-31T12:36:31 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 73 Herring Trawl A trawl to collect herring. HT 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 135 Hess Sampler Hess-type stream samplers are intended for sampling macrobenthos in shallow, flowing waters. They are cylindrical with enclosed sides and an open top. They function similarly to the surber-type samplers but are capable of sampling gravel and small cobble bottoms. HS 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 136 Hester-Dendy The HesterDendy is a sampler suspended at several depths, float at the surface or attach to submerged objects such as boulders or stakes. Rubber tubing is used to allow for the swelling of the plates when they absorb water. There are square and EPA Round plates. HD 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 204 Hivol Modified, Quartz Filter HMQF 2016-02-26T15:02:42 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 205 Hivol Modified, XAD Resin HMXR 2016-02-26T15:02:43 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 56 Hook And Line Traditionally, a fishing pole used to catch fish for determining abundance and to perform fish tissue analyses. HL 2019-12-12T11:24:21 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 212 Horizontal Secchi Disk The Secchi disk is a simple device used to estimate depth. It consists of a weighted circular plate, 20 cm in diameter, with the surface painted with opposing black and white quarters. It is attached to a calibrated line by a ring at the center, so that when held by the line, it hangs horizontally. HSD 2016-03-17T15:35:20 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 34 Hydraulic Grab HG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 278 Hydraulic Push Core/Geoprobe HPCG 2017-08-30T16:18:02 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 57 Hydroacoustics HA 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 428 Hydrometer A hydrometer or lactometer is an instrument used for measuring density or relative density of liquids based on the concept of buoyancy. hydrometer, device for measuring some characteristics of a liquid, such as its density (weight per unit volume) or specific gravity (weight per unit volume compared with water). H 2022-07-01T12:35:32 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 10 Hydroplastic (PVC) Corer a pvc device having a hollow cylindrical drill or tube, used for taking samples of earth, rock, etc., from below the surface of the ground or ocean bottom. HPC 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 338 Ice Auger Either gas or hand-powered are used by ice fishermen to drill holes to fish through. IA 2018-03-14T15:45:56 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 137 Insect Trap Traps used to monitor or directly reduce populations of insects. IT 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 638 Integrated Sampler 2m PVC Pipe with a value and rubber stopper used to collect water at the surface IS 2023-07-11T11:01:25 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 74 Isaacs-Kidd Trawl The standard net for collection of larger quantities of macrozoplankton and micronekton. IKT 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 138 Juday Trap A phytoplankton trap JT 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 153 Kemmerer Bottle Water sampler (vertical water bottle) is used for general water sampling in lakes, channels, wells and the sea. This sampler consists entirely out of plastic parts so that there is no risk of the sample coming into contact with metal. The Kemmerer water sampler holds 1.2 litre. KB 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 97 Kick Net For rocky-bottom stream sampling of macro, a kick net of 590 µm (a #30 mesh size) or 500 µm (#35 mesh size) is recommended. (Mesh size is usually measured in microns, µm. The higher the number, the coarser the mesh.) KN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 11 Kullenberg Gravity Corer The piston corer is a long, heavy tube plunged into the seafloor to extract samples of mud sediment. A piston inside the tube allows scientists to capture the longest possible samples, up to 90 feet in length. Kullenberg modifications, adding an internal piston that helps researchers gather even longer mud samples. KGC 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 560 Large Van Veen Grab The Van Veen grab is designed for collecting sediment samples in fresh and marine water, from soft or medium-hard bottoms like sand, gravel, consolidated marl or clay. It consists of two buckets connected by a hinge. LVVG 2022-06-02T16:01:46 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 139 Larval Light Fish Trap Passive sampling of a broad range of planktonic organisms LLFT 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 658 Light Meter Device that measures the intensity of light in the visible spectrum LM 2026-04-28T14:05:33 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 58 Long Line A type of deep-sea fishing gear consisting of a long main line anchored to the bottom to which shorter lines with baited hooks are fastened at intervals. LL 2019-12-12T11:25:06 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 206 MIC-B, XAD Resin MBXR 2016-02-26T15:02:43 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 101 MTD Net MN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 98 Marmap Neuston Net A net that is mainly used to collect neuston and is pulled by a research vessel. Neuston consists of organisms living in the upper 10 cm of the water column. MNN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 189 Meteorological Data MD 2016-01-19T11:25:07 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 99 Minnow Seine Net A net used to collect bait fish like minnows. It is made of a small mesh size with wooden poles on both ends. MSN 2019-12-12T11:29:26 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 59 Miscellaneous (Other) MO 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 100 Mochness Net MOCNESS is the acronym for Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System and is a net system for plankton in the ocean. MON 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 140 Modified Surber Sampler Used for taking quantitative samples of organisms that live in the sediment or gravel of stream beds where the water flow is less than 10cm/s. MSS 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 154 Nansen Bottle A device for obtaining samples of water at a specific depth. It was designed in 1894 by Fridtjof Nansen and further developed by Shale Niskin in 1966. NB 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 141 Natural Substrate NS 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 122 Net Vertical Tow (Other) NVTO 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 75 Net/Horizontal Tow (Other) NHTO 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 103 Net/Non Tow (Other) NNTO 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 155 Niskin Bottle A plastic cylinder with stoppers at each end in order to seal the bottle completely. This device is used to take water samples at a desired depth without the danger of mixing with water from other depths. NIB 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 102 Norpac Net A plankton net. NN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 35 Orange-Peel Grab OPG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 142 Original Surber Sampler OSS 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 498 Osterberg Piston Sampler This is an hydraulic piston sampler, suitable for sampling in silty, clay and medium-fine grain soils, characterized by a medium-low consistency. OPS 2021-01-21T15:05:59 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 60 Other Toxicant OTO 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 76 Otter Trawl A large fish net that is dragged behind a research vessel along the sea bottom or the pelagic zone. The otter trawl is mainly used to catch roundfish living above the sea bottom such as whiting and cod. OTR 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 319 PTFE netting Teflon netting used to measure water surface PTN 2018-01-31T14:58:51 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 77 Pair Trawl A fishing activity carried out by two boats, with one towing each warp (the towing cables). As the mouth of the net is kept open by the lateral pull of the individual vessels, otter boards are not required. PT 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 13 Pamatmat Multiple Quartz Corer sampling devices that can collect several sediment cores simultaneously. These are used for multiple sampling at a single location, comparative studies, and assessing sampling precision or sediment heterogeneity. PMQC 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 37 Peterson Grab A deliberately heavy device for biting deep into hard bottoms and can hold up to 8 removable weights. Vent holes permit water to flow through while the grab is lowered, minimising diagonal movement and reducing the frontal shock wave. Jaws close clamshell- fashion. PEG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 38 Petite Ponar Grab Widely used in fresh and salt water for taking samples of hard bottoms such as sand, gravel, consolidated marl or clay. The Petite Ponar Grab is much lighter than the Standard Ponar and designed for hand-line operation. PPG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 14 Phleger Corer (Gravity) A gravity corer is just a weighted pipe that is allowed to free fall into the water and enables a corer to capture a sediment sample. PCGR 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 24 Pipe Dredge PD 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 15 Piston Corer (Generic) The piston corer is a long, heavy tube plunged into the seafloor to extract samples of mud sediment. A piston inside the tube allows scientists to capture the longest possible samples, up to 90 feet in length. PCG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 123 Plankton Net A net for horizontal or vertical tows in fresh or salt water. PLN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 46 Plexiglass Slide Device PSD 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 144 Plexiglass Trap PLT 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 597 Plug a device, typically a small cartridge or column, used to collect and pre-concentrate analytes from a sample. P 2025-04-17T13:44:20 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 104 Plummet Net Plummet nets are a down-fishing zooplankton sampler that has no mouth obstructions and is cinched shut when the desired depth is reached.  PLUN 2020-07-24T20:24:46 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 217 Pneumatic Drive Core Pneumatic drives operate based on a principle which involves transforming pressurised air (or other gas) energy into linear or rotational movement. PDC 2023-12-11T12:53:35 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 486 Point-integrating suspended sampler Point-integrating samplers accumulate a water-sediment sample at any selected point in a stream. PISS 2022-08-11T09:21:46 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 173 Polar Orga. Chem. Integrative Sampler (POCIS) is a passive sampling device which allows for the in situ collection of a time-integrated average of hydrophilic organic contaminants developed by researchers with the United States Geological Survey in Columbia, Missouri. POCIS 2011-12-08T16:41:07 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 276 Polyethylene Device PEDs provide a reliable tool for measuring dissolved concentrations of hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOCs) PED 2025-07-09T14:29:23 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 320 Polyethylene wipe PW 2018-01-31T14:58:51 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 191 Polyurethane Foam matrix PFM 2016-01-19T11:25:07 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 39 Ponar Grab Widely used in fresh and salt water for taking samples of hard bottoms such as sand, gravel, consolidated marl or clay. The Standard Ponar is deliberately heavy device for biting deep into the bottom and has proven success at invertebrate recovery. POG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 481 Portable sediment centrifuge Portable centrifuge designed to separate suspended sediment from surface water by pumping surface water through a centrifuge, resulting in sediment free water (centrifugate water), and suspended sediment samples. PSC 2026-02-25T19:37:09 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 105 Pound Net Pound nets consist of a fence leader that interrupts the movements of target species and a heart that funnels fish into the trap (pound) via a no return mesh tunnel. PON 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 51 Pram Electroshock PE 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 169 Probe/Sensor An instrument used to assess ambient water or air quality directly. PRS 2020-07-27T08:18:51 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 25 Pull Sled PS 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 157 Pump/Air Lift PAL 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 158 Pump/Bailer A pump that has low suction and moderate discharge of liquid and entrained solids. Used to collect fauna samples from sediment. PB 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 359 Pump/Bladder Pump with an internal bladder using changing air pressure from an air compressor or compressed air tank to draw water. PIB 2019-04-03T09:32:35 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 159 Pump/Centrifugal PC 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 160 Pump/Jet Water jet pump is used for withdrawing liquids and gases, and for creating a vacuum. Simple operation and easy cleaning. Very low water consumption, constant pressure and high suction. PJ 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 161 Pump/Non-Submersible PNS 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 185 Pump/Peristaltic A type of positive displacement pump used for pumping a variety of fluids, they are also commonly known as roller pumps. The fluid is contained within a flexible tube fitted inside a circular pump casing (though linear peristaltic pumps have been made). PPE 2020-07-31T19:14:11 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 162 Pump/Piston PP 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 163 Pump/Rotary PR 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 164 Pump/Submersible PSU 2020-07-24T20:08:44 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 165 Pump/Turbine PTU 2020-07-24T20:08:44 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 482 Pumping suspended sampler The pumping sampler is designed to obtain a continuous record of sediment concentration by sampling at a fixed point at specific intervals. PSS 2022-08-11T09:21:46 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 106 Purse Seine Net A purse seine is a large wall of netting deployed around an entire area or school of fish. The seine has floats along the top line with a lead line threaded through rings along the bottom. Once a school of fish is located, a skiff encircles the school with the net. The lead line is then pulled in, "pursing" the net closed on the bottom, preventing fish from escaping by swimming downward. PSN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 78 Push Net A small triangular fishing net with a rigid frame that is pushed along the bottom in shallow waters and is used in parts of the southwestern Pacific for taking shrimps and small bottom-dwelling fishes. PN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 184 Push Point Sampler A mini-piezometer pore water sampler for sampling pore water. PPS 2015-07-31T10:49:05 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 380 Quadrat each of a number of small areas of habitat, typically of one square meter, selected at random to act as samples for assessing the local distribution of plants or animals. Q 2020-01-23T14:31:47 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 192 Quartz filter Quartz fiber filters are used for air sampling in acidic gases, stacks, flues and aerosols, particularly at high temperatures and in PM-10 testing. QF 2016-01-19T11:25:07 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 182 Radiello A passive/diffusive sampler for environmental monitoring, ambient and outdoor air monitoring, industrial hygiene, industrial air quality (IAQ), personal sampling and breathing zone assessment. RA 2020-07-24T20:12:15 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 107 Rectangular Net RN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 61 Remotely Operated Vehicle ROV 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 186 Rock Bag The abundance and generic richness of a macroinvertebrate community in a river or stream is determined by counting the number of species or genera in a standardized sampling unit. Rock bags allow sampling in depths as shallow as five centimeters, and can be flattened to fit stream bed contours. RB 2015-10-05T11:37:33 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 145 Rock Basket The abundance and generic richness of a macroinvertebrate community in a river or stream is determined by counting the number of species or genera in a standardized sampling unit. Rock baskets are used for the majority of wadeable sites. RBT 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 187 Rock-filled Cone Sampler The abundance and generic richness of a macroinvertebrate community in a river/stream is determined by counting the number of species or genera in a standardized sampling unit. Remote-retrievable rock-filled cone samplers allow for sampling in sites that are not wadeable. These devices are retrieved by boat using a weighted, funnel-shaped apparatus that is dropped down a line to settle over the cone. The base of the cone is fitted with Nytex mesh to prevent the loss of organisms upon retrieval. RFCS 2015-10-05T11:38:32 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 79 Roller Frame Trawl The roller-frame trawl, a type of gear unique to Florida, is used in seagrass beds to harvest food shrimp and bait shrimp. RFT 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 193 Rosette Sampler A rosette sampler is a device used for water sampling in deep water (such as the Great Lakes or oceans) in order to investigate about its quality. RS 2016-01-19T11:25:07 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 62 Rotenone Rotenone is an odorless, colorless, crystalline isoflavone used as a broad-spectrum insecticide, piscicide, and pesticide. It occurs naturally in the seeds and stems of several plants, such as the jicama vine plant, and the roots of several members of Fabaceae. R 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 216 Rotonsonic drill rig Boreholes are drilled, cored and cased by rotating and vibrating the rod, core barrel and casing at resonant sonic frequencies. It is outstanding in its ability to provide continuous, undisturbed core samples through any geological formation RDR 2023-12-06T10:32:53 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 108 Roving Drop Net RDN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 598 SPATT Bags A porous synthetic resin filled sachet used to measure biotoxins SPTB 2022-10-13T11:16:56 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 40 Scoop Fish Grab SFG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 194 Seabird CTD profiler An instrument that measures water parameters as it travels through the water. SCP 2016-01-19T11:25:07 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 202 Secchi Disk A plain white, circular disk 30 cm (12 in) in diameter used to measure water transparency or turbidity in bodies of water. The disc is mounted on a pole or line, and lowered slowly down in the water. The depth at which the disk is no longer visible is taken as a measure of the transparency of the water. SD 2016-01-27T00:01:03 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 146 Sediment Trap SEDT 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 218 Sediment peeper Sediment porewater dialysis passive sampler: An in-situ dialysis sampler for sampling sediment pore water SP 2024-02-09T12:11:24 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 195 Sediment sipper core SSIPC 2016-01-19T11:25:07 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 196 Sediment sub-core SSUBC 2016-01-19T11:25:07 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 109 Seine Net A net that hangs vertically in the water with its bottom edge held down by weights and its top edge buoyed by floats. Seine nets can be deployed from the shore as a beach seine, or from a boat. SN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 174 Semipermeable Membrane Device A passive sampling device used to monitor trace levels of organic compounds with a log Kow > 3. SPMD 2011-12-08T16:37:26 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 110 Set (Passive) Gill Net Passive nets are not actively towed by boats; they are either placed to drift on the prevailing currents (drift netting), hung from buoys which keep them suspended between the surface and the seabed (gill nets), or staked to the seabed (set nets). These nets hang like vertical walls in the water and capture fish by the gills as they try to swim through the mesh of the net. SPGN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 180 Shelby Tube Shelby tube samplers are thin-walled, hollow steel tubes, which are driven into the ground to extract a relatively undisturbed soil sample for use in laboratory tests used to determine density, permeability, compressibility and strength. ST 2013-10-17T13:44:00 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 166 Ship Sea Chest Sea chest is used for a rectangular or cylindrical recess in the hull of a ship. The sea chest provides an intake reservoir from which piping systems draw raw water. SSC 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 41 Shipek Grab A sampler designed to sample all types of unconsolidated sediments, from soft ooze to small pebbles, which can be collected from near offshore and deep lakes. SHG 2020-07-24T20:15:44 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 172 Shovel A shovel is a tool for digging, lifting, and moving bulk materials, such as soil, coal, gravel, snow, sand, or ore. Most shovels are hand tools consisting of a broad blade fixed to a medium-length handle. S 2011-09-10T17:23:35 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 80 Shrimp Trawl A method of fishing that involves pulling a fishing net through the water behind one or more boats to collect shrimp. The net that is used for trawling is called a trawl. SHT 2020-07-24T20:22:28 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 124 Simple Conical Net SCN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 81 Single-Vessel Operated Tow Net SVOTN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 484 Single-stage suspended sampler The single-stage sampler was developed to obtain suspended sediment data in flashy streams, particularly those located in remote areas. SSSS 2022-08-11T09:21:46 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 42 Smith-McIntire Grab The Smith McIntyre Grab is designed to collect ocean sediment with a sampling area of 0.1m sq. This grab is mounted on a stainless steel frame suspended from a pair of lowering cables (bridles) attached to the bucket arms. SMG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 63 Sodium Cyanide Sodium cyanide is an inorganic compound with the formula NaCN. It is a white, water-soluble solid. SC 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 64 Spear/Gun A speargun is an underwater fishing implement designed to launch a spear at fish or other underwater animals or targets. SG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 65 Spear/Hand SHVL 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 66 Spear/Hawaiian Sling A Hawaiian sling is a crafty tool that is meant for spearfishing and has a mechanism that is similar to the one that the bows have. SHS 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 179 Split Spoon Split Spoon Samplers are ideal for surface sampling or sampling at various depths. Split spoon samplers split apart along the length of the tube to allow a for a true cross section evaluation and gentle sample removal. SS 2013-10-17T13:44:00 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 111 Square-Mouth Net SMN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 178 Stainless Steel Spoon Stainless Steel Spoon has a number of properties: it is very strong even at high temperatures, resistant to water and, most importantly, resistant to rust. SSS 2013-08-01T13:44:00 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 112 Stationary Drop Net SDN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 67 Still Camera STC 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 113 Stop Net STN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 181 Storm Water Sampler A device for collecting storm water grab samples. SWS 2014-05-06T00:00:00 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 147 Stovepipe Sampler An alternative method to collect macroinvertebrate samples in areas where it may be difficult to use a D-frame net. s a five-gallon plastic bucket with the bottom removed. The bottom diameter is 25 cm. The sampler is used to enclose fixed-area plots to restrict the movement of organisms. SPS 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 52 Stream-Side Electroshock An electrofishing method where the samplers do not enter the stream but rather perform electroshocking from the bank. SSE 2019-12-12T11:23:07 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 26 Suction Dredge Operate by sucking through a long tube like some vacuum cleaners but on a larger scale SUD 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 183 Summa Passivated stainless steel canisters to collect sampling of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in ambient air. SUM 2014-12-08T11:50:54 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 148 Surber Sampler Used by professional monitoring programs, this sampler delineates an exact stream bottom area to be disturbed. SUS 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 171 Syringe A device that supplies a focused stream of compressed air, water, or a combination of both. SYR 2019-12-11T16:23:09 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 150 T-Sampler TS 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 114 Terminal Bag TB 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 215 Test strip Test strip TEST 2021-11-26T00:09:44 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 398 Thermometer An instrument for measuring and indicating temperature, typically one consisting of a narrow, hermetically sealed glass tube marked with graduations and having at one end a bulb containing mercury or alcohol that expands and contracts in the tube with heating and cooling. T 2019-12-31T10:44:38 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 149 Tile Plate TP 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 82 Tow Net a fine-meshed net usually much tapered and more or less conical in shape and kept open by a ring or hoop that is towed through water (as for the taking of plankton) TN 2019-12-12T11:26:29 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 27 Towed Dredge TD 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 115 Trammel Net A trammel net consists of two/three layers of netting with a slack small mesh inner netting between two layers of large mesh netting to collect demersal species, fish and crustaceans. TRN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 116 Trap Net TRPN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 143 Trap Substrate (Other) TSO 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 117 Traveling Screen A traveling screen is a type of water filtration device that has a continuously moving mesh screen that is used to catch and remove debris. TSC 2020-07-24T20:26:28 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 197 Trawl a large conical net dragged along the sea bottom in gathering fish or other marine life. TRWL 2016-01-19T11:25:07 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 68 Trot Line A trotline is a heavy fishing line with baited hooks attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods. A snood is a short length of line which is attached to the main line using a clip or swivel, with the hook at the other end. TL 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 438 Tubing Generic non-vinyl tubing TU 2020-07-24T20:06:27 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 118 Tucker Net MULTIPLE NET MID-WATER (TUCKER) TRAWL is a multi-net trawl designed for deep oblique tows where up to three replicate nets can be sequentially operated by a double release mechanism TUN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 209 Turbidimeter An instrument for measuring the turbidity of a liquid suspension, usually as a means of determining the surface area of the suspended particles. TBM 2020-07-24T20:21:09 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 208 Turbidity Column turbidity column is a tube used for visual measurements of water turbidity. A second column is required for comparison with a known amount of turbidity. Turbidity meters (also called turbidimeters) determine the concentration of solids in a sample of liquid (usually water). Turbidity is the cloudiness of a liquid caused by the presence of suspended solids (particles) that may include microorganisms, yeast, or sediment. TC 2016-03-17T15:35:19 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 207 Turbidity Tube A tube to measure turbidity. TT 2016-03-17T15:35:19 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 83 Two-Vessel Operated Tow Net Pair trawling is a fishing activity carried out by two boats, with one towing each warp (the towing cables). TVOTN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 198 USGS collection method tributary samples Isokinetic, depth-integrating methods are designed to produce a discharge-weighted (velocity-weighted) sample; that is, each unit of stream discharge is equally represented in the sample. Nonisokinetic (dip, discrete, and pump) sampling, such as those involving use of an automated point sampler, generally do not result in a discharge-weighted sample unless the stream is completely mixed laterally and vertically. Thus, the analytical results cannot be used to directly compute analyte discharges. UCMTS 2016-01-19T11:25:07 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 199 USGS field procedure for sampling Hg-CH3 Instrumentation is a Cold Vapor Atomic Fluoresence Spectrophotometer. Methylmercury (sometimes methyl mercury) is an organometallic cation with the formula [CH3Hg]&. It is the major source of organic mercury for all humans. It is a bioaccumulative environmental toxicant UFPSHG 2016-01-19T11:25:07 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 167 Van Dorn Bottle Samplers that obtain composite samples from several depths or pool samples from one depth and thus can be used for both horizontal and vertical sampling. VDB 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 43 Van Veen Grab A grab that relies on the closure of two opposing jaws for the collection of a sediment sample. The van Veen grab has long arms attached to each bucket, thus giving better leverage during closure. This type of grab has been used widely in benthic macrofauna studies, it is not recommended for use on coarser substrata. VVG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 119 Variable Mesh Gill Net Gill nets are composed of vertical panels of netting that hang from a line with regularly spaced floaters that hold the line on the surface of the water. VMGN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 458 Variable voltage pulsator unit An electrofisher that employs a direct electric current which provides control and metering to allow consistency with previous samplings to attract and usually temporarily immobilize fish. VVP 2020-09-18T16:46:04 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 16 Vibrating Corer A sample corer that uses vibration to help the core penetrating the sediment. VCO 2020-07-24T20:13:46 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 69 Video Camera a camera for recording images on videotape or for transmitting them to a monitor screen. VC 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 152 Vinyl Tube Poly-vinyl Chloride (PVC) cylindrical structure or device VT 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 70 Visual Sighting an instance of seeing or observation of VS 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 177 WBH-96 A weighted bottle sampler that is a stainless steel metal housing used to secure a bottle for sampling in streams with a velocity too low for isokinetic samplers. Usually an open mouth bottle or a bottle with a US D-77 or US D-95 cap without a nozzle is used. The metal housing has holes drilled near the top for a rope line that is used to secure the bottle and deploy the sampler. It should always be documented that a sample taken with the weighted bottle sampler is not an isokinetic sample. W96 2011-12-08T16:51:39 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 168 Water Bottle Bottle used for sampling water. WB 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 618 Water Level Gage Measures water level WLG 2023-06-01T16:57:50 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 156 Water Sampler (Other) a water sampler (vertical water bottle) is used for general water sampling in lakes, channels, wells and the sea WSO 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 170 Whirl-pak bag Sterile polyethylene bags with sodium thiosulfate that are disposable, transparent bags for water sampling. WPB 2010-04-28T09:13:42 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 478 Wide mouth glass jar Glass Straight Sided Wide Mouth Jars GJ 2020-12-15T14:31:45 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 125 Wisconsin-Style Net this net enables quantitative vertical plankton hauls. WN 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 200 XAD resin A type of sampling media used in air sampling, onto/into which the contaminant is collected. Resin is a hydrophobic organic porous polymer. XR 2016-01-19T11:25:07 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 201 XAD-2 resin A type of sampling media used in air sampling, onto/into which the contaminant is collected. Resin is a hydrophobic organic porous polymer. X2R 2016-01-19T11:25:07 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 84 Yankee Trawl Two Panel Net YT 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 44 Young Grab The Young Grab, or the Young Modified Van Veen Grab Sampler is an instrument to sample sediment in the ocean. It is a modified version of the Van Veen grab sampler, with a clamshell bucket made out of stainless steel mounted to a supporting frame. YG 2006-08-12T00:51:17 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 211 pH Comparator Used to test pH. PHC 2016-03-17T15:35:20 AMERICA/NEW_YORK Sample Collection Equipment(SampleCollectionEquipmentName) 210 pH Paper A filter paper that is treated with natural water soluble dye from lichens. pH paper is used as an indicator to test the acidity of water-based liquids. PHP 2016-03-17T15:35:20 AMERICA/NEW_YORK