# ISO 16665:2005 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 16665:2005, item title is Water quality — Guidelines for quantitative sampling and sample processing of marine soft-bottom macrofauna; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 16665:2014; withdrawn / published date is 2005-10-14, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 16665:2005 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Water quality — Guidelines for quantitative sampling and sample processing of marine soft-bottom macrofauna _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 16665:2014 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 2005-10-14 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 32348,IS,,ISO 16665:2005,Water quality — Guidelines for quantitative sampling and sample processing of marine soft-bottom macrofauna,Qualité de l'eau — Lignes directrices pour l'échantillonnage quantitatif et le traitement d'échantillons de la macrofaune marine des fonds meubles,2005-10-14,1,"['13.060.70','13.060.10']",ISO/TC 147/SC 5,9599,,[54846],"['en','fr']",30,"
ISO 16665:2005 provides guidelines on the quantitative collection and processing of subtidal soft-bottom macrofaunal samples in marine waters.
ISO 16665:2005 encompasses: development of the sampling programme; requirements for sampling equipment; sampling and sample treatment in the field; sorting and species identificat ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).