Skip to Main Content Area
Home
Sign In or Create an Account
  • My Vital Signs
  • Choose Your Mission

    Choose Your Mission - Col1

    • Field Missions
      • Mission: Rock snot
      • Mission: Climate change
      • Mission: Hemlock woolly adelgid
      • See all >>
    • Build your own Field Mission

    Choose Your Mission - Col2

    • Mission: Analysis
      • Biodiversity
      • Change over time
      • See all >>
    • Build your own Analysis Mission
    • What is an invasive species?
    • Species news
    Stay
  • Go Look for Species

    Go Look for Species - Col1

    • How to get started
    • Publish your data now!
    • Fieldwork toolkit
      • Species ID cards
      • Datasheets
      • How-to guides
      • See all >>

    Go Look for Species - Col2

    • Best data on VS
      • Best observations
      • Great evidence photos
      • Impressive sketches
      • See all >>
    • How-to guides
      • How citizen scientists do VS
      • How students do VS
      • When "not found" is good
      • See all >>
    Stay
  • Explore Data

    Explore Data - Col1

    • Browse data
    • Map data
    • Export data
    • Mission: Analysis
      • Change over time
      • Lakes risk assessment
      • Biodiversity
      • See all >>

    Explore Data - col2

    • How-to guides
      • How do I use the map?
      • Do invasives affect biodiversity?
      • See all >>
    • Data quality
    Stay
  • Create, Share, Connect

    Create, Share, Connect - Col1

    • Create projects with your data
      • Shoot videos
      • Make comics
      • Blog it
      • See all >>
    • Share your projects
      • Best projects

    Create, Share, Connect - Col2

    • Connect with the VS community
      • Coolest conversations
    • Community blog
      • Post to the VS blog
    • Videos, Tweets, Facebook
    Stay
  • Educator Tools

    Educator Tools - Col1

    • Fieldwork toolkit
      • Species identification cards
      • Datasheets
      • See all >>
    • How-to guides
      • How to set up team accounts
      • How many student teams
      • How students publish data

    Educator Tools - Col2

    • Professional development
    • Curriculum & standards
      • Use & share activities & resources
      • Species news
      • MLR & Next Gen standards
    • Educator forums
    • VS learning environment
    • Contact VS
    Stay
Home ยป Datasheets

Datasheets

small_img_0382.jpg small_img_0417.jpg small_adult_upland_taken_by_cv_schoodic.jpg small_img_0054.jpg small_img_6206.jpg small_img_0584.jpg

UPLAND Datasheets:

  • Upland Species Survey
  • 1-PAGE Upland Species Survey for experienced VS data collectors
  • Upland Species AND Habitat Survey

See the Upland Fieldwork Toolkit


COASTAL Datasheets:

  • Coastal Species Survey
  • 1-PAGE Coastal Species Survey for experienced VS data collectors
  • Coastal Species AND Habitat Survey

See the Coastal Fieldwork Toolkit


FRESHWATER Datasheets:

  • Freshwater Species Survey
  • 1-PAGE Freshwater Species Survey for experienced VS data collectors
  • Freshwater Species AND Habitat Survey

See the Freshwater Fieldwork Toolkit

Do Vital Signs

1Choose a Mission
2Go look for species
3Publish your data online

Do VS!

Map your data

small_sidebar_map3.jpg

Cruise the map to see which species have been looked for. Were they found? Not found?

Map it!

Best on VS

BEST OBSERVATIONS
small_best_obs_superstar.jpg small_best_obs_manyeyes.jpg small_exemplar_decapoda_crayfish.jpg

GREAT PHOTO EVIDENCE
small_exemplar_swallowwort_gbh.jpg small_exemplar_celastrus_orbiculatusvectorinspect.jpg small_best_photos_apalmer.jpg

IMPRESSIVE SKETCHES
sketch_art_6bp10_092310_crop_0_0.jpg small_sketch_sci_rchawley_110511.jpg small_best_sketch_book_nickrecord.png

Best on VS

GMRI Logo
Vital Signs is a Gulf of Maine Research Institute Program. Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 3.0 License.
  • About VS
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • User Agreement
  • Source