On this page you can find the sampling and laboratory protocols actually used within the STAR project. Note that these protocols are partly to evolve but represent the latest version of each protocol.
River Habitat Survey (RHS) Protocol The original RHS protocol is given in the following document:
Environment Agency (2003). River Habitat Survey in Britain and Ireland: Field Survey Guidance Manual.
River Habitat Survey Manual: 2003 version, Bristol, Environment Agency, 136 pp.
Copies of the field manual may be requested from the Environment Agency at rhs@environment-agency.gov.uk