Parks Victoria Standard Operating Procedure

Parks Victoria Technical Series No. 9Subtidal Reef Monitoring SOP• underwater slates with rubber bands and attached pencil and plastic calipers;• pre-printed plastic data forms;• calibration poles, 1 m long with clip for attachment to diver;• catch bags with clip for attachment to diver;• quadrats (weighted or metal), 0.5 x 0.5 m with internal grid of 7 x 7 points (string orstainless wire) and clip for attachment to diver; and• a stowage box, pencils, rubberbands, datasheets, electrical tape and pencil sharpener.4.6 SPECIMEN COLLECTIONS• zip-lock plastic bags;• specimen labels;• herbarium pressing sheets, newspaper, muslin, pencils;• dissection equipment; and• silica gel bags, sample tubes, ethanol, etc.4.7 DOCUMENTATION• collection and survey permits (Fisheries Victoria and Parks Victoria);• a dive record booklet, incorporating dive plan, emergency response plan, nominatedcontact details, briefing checklist, dive tables and dive record sheets;• the relevant diving policies and AS2299.2 Scientific Diving;• the Standard Operations Procedure (this document); and• navigation charts4.8 POST-DIVING• spare slate, datasheets, pencils, rubber bands, calipers, batteries, pencil sharpeners;• general stationery, including red pens;• licences (e.g. car drivers, coxswains, radio operators, diving, first aid, oxygen provision);• identification guides;• species lists and data codes;• a laptop computer;• back-up disks and/or portable zip drive;• communications equipment – mobile phone, facsimile, internet, etc.; and• a change of clothes13