User's guide to FBASE: Relational database software for managing R1/R4 (Northern/Intermountain Regions) fish habitat inventory data

Sherry P. Wollrab

doi:10.2737/RMRS-GTR-34

Treesearch

User's guide to FBASE: Relational database software for managing R1/R4 (Northern/Intermountain Regions) fish habitat inventory data

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Sherry P. Wollrab

Year:

1999

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-GTR-34

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-34WWW. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 109 p.

Download (PDF 1.14 MB)

Download (PDF 1.14 MB): https://research.fs.usda.gov/download/treesearch/4548.pdf

Abstract

FBASE is a microcomputer relational database package that handles data collected using the R1/R4 Fish and Fish Habitat Standard Inventory Procedures (Overton and others 1997). FBASE contains standard data entry screens, data validations for quality control, data maintenance features, and summary report options. This program also prepares data for importation into an ARC/INFO Geographic Information System. Users have easy access to their habitat inventory data in both a raw and summarized format. FBASE is a stand-alone program and has minimal requirements for RAM and hard drive space, making it feasible for running on most systems. The data tables are in a format that makes them easily transportable to other software programs if users wish to further analyze their data or produce custom reports.

Keywords

Fish habitat variables, computer program, data entry, summary reports, data tables, data management, standard procedures

Citation

Wollrab, Sherry P. 1999. User's guide to FBASE: Relational database software for managing R1/R4 (Northern/Intermountain Regions) fish habitat inventory data. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-34. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 109 p.