This field studies manual, developed by biology students in the 1971 Georgia Governor's Honors Program, was designed for collection of data pertinent to freshwater and estuarine habitats. In addition to the various methods of sampling the ecosystem and for quantification of the data, instructions for dividing the field study into three logical phases: the pre-trip, on-site, and post-trip and included. Three appendices are also included: (1) Centigrade-Fahrenheit Scales Comparison, (2) Guidelines for Evaluating a Research Article, and (3) Finagles Laws. (CP)