Collecting Techniques
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Statement of Purpose
These links and documents contain information about best practices for collecting specimens.
Introduction
Contributors
Content generated during The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Annual Joint Meeting - 2016, during an iDigBio sponsored workshop by the following individuals participating in the "Field to Database" Group of the aforementioned workshop: Breda Zimkus, Cesar Aguilar, Ben Frable, Meredith Mahoney, Zachary Randall, and David Wernecke.
Collection Techniques
- Herps
- -Hand collection
- -Nooses, nets (for terrestrial and/or water use)
- -Traps (e.g., crawfish traps, turtle traps, basking traps, buckets, pitfalls with drift fence, funnel trap,
- -Cover boards
- -Digging, raking leaves
- -Shooting, blow guns, sling shots, rubber bands,
- -Sticky traps
- Fishes
- -Hand collection
- -Seines
- Kick/two person
- Beach
- Trawl
- -Cast net
- -Rod and reel
- -Dip netting
- -Gill and trammel netting
- -Trawling
- -Electrofishing
- -Chemical (Rotenone)
- -Spear and bow fishing
- -Traps (minnow, crab, hoop, etc)
