NEN EN ISO 16665 : 2014

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Terms and definitions
3 Quality and safety
  3.1 Health and safety requirements
  3.2 Quality assurance and quality control
4 Strategies and objectives for soft-bottom faunal surveys
  4.1 Sampling programme and plan
  4.2 Positioning of sampling stations
  4.3 Reference stations
  4.4 Types of surveys
  4.5 Change in sampling programme and intercalibration
5 Sampling
  5.1 Documentation and field log
  5.2 Sampling and sample processing in the field
  5.3 Sample fixation
  5.4 Background environmental descriptors
6 Sample processing in the laboratory
  6.1 Sorting
  6.2 Sample residue
7 Taxon determination and quantification
  7.1 Level of identification and taxon lists
  7.2 Quantification
  7.4 Biomass
  7.5 Data reporting
  7.6 Storage and archiving
  7.7 Analytical quality control and quality assurance
Annex A (informative) Processing particularly large samples
Annex B (informative) Sampling devices
Annex C (informative) Biomass measurements
Bibliography

Gives guidelines on the quantitative collection and processing of subtidal soft-bottom macrofaunal samples in marine waters.