The title was chosen by John Dawes and Andy Horton . The object of the scheme is to record wildlife on the seashore around the British Isles. The results will be published in the marine wildlife journal Glaucus and in computer database accessible by contributors and the public for a nominal charge. The British Marine Life Study Society are interested in reports of marine life in the seas and on the shore from around the British Isles. They can be completed in ink, or best by using Netscape Composer or another HTML authoring package.
Guidelines are available.
Please do not guess the information, it is better to leave the entry on the form blank. Over the years the forms have undergone tests of their suitability. The basic information required remains satisfactory even with the biological recording initiatives planned for the 21st century. Looking back on a few old records it is frustrating when a species is described as 'common', or even more infuriating by 'not uncommon'. This is always a subjective assessment and unless numbers are given or a common standard is adopted the assessment of the abundance of a species is rather vague, and may not be useful at a later date.