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Title: Hampshire Avon DTC Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Data 2010-2013
Related Party - Individual (Project Scientist): Doctor John Iwan Jones* (Queen Mary University of London) Email address: j.i.jones@qmul.ac.uk
Related Party - Organisation (Funder): Defra
Abstract:
In conjunction with the hydrological and water quality monitoring, a monitoring regime was designed to detect how freshwater ecology responds to changes in agricultural diffuse pollutants. The data gathered have been used to confirm the WFD ecological status of the study sub-catchments, to explore spatial and temporal variability in biological quality elements, and to identify those pollutants that are most likely to be causing failure to achieve Good ecological status. This background data provides an evidence base to both inform, and assess the impact of, mitigation measures. Invertebrates were monitored in each subcatchment and WFD tools have been used to establish the status of this Biological Quality Element (BQE). The biological monitoring sites are closely matched to the hydrological and water quality monitoring stations, which will allow observed change in the BQE to be linked to reductions in diffuse pollution and on-farm diffuse pollution mitigation measures. The dataset made available here contains the list of macroinvertebrate taxa (and their abundance) found in each sample taken at the 11 Avon & Tamar DTC sites between autumn 2010 and autumn 2013 and the associated environmental data collected contemperaneously.
Subject Keywords: Rivers; Streams; Macroinvertebrates; Water Framework Directive; RIVPACS; Biological monitoring
Geographic Keywords: Hampshire Avon catchment; Tamar catchment
Taxonomic Keywords: Macroinvertebrates
Observed Properties: Area; Date; Depth; Electrical conductivity; Elevation; Latitude; Length; Longitude; Macroinvertebrates; Plants; Rivers; Sampling; Site surveys; Strahler stream order; Stream gradient; Substrates; Taxon count; Velocity; Water pH
Parameter: Abundance
Parameter: Boulder and cobble cover
Parameter: Catchment area
Parameter: Detritus cover
Parameter: Distance from source
Parameter: Elevation
Parameter: Filamentous algae cover
Parameter: Latitude
Parameter: Longitude
Parameter: Macrophyte cover
Parameter: Moss cover
Parameter: Pebble and gravel cover
Parameter: Replicate
Parameter: River Name
Parameter: Rock pavement cover
Parameter: Sampling Date
Parameter: Sand cover
Parameter: Silt and clay cover
Parameter: Site Name
Parameter: Stream Order
Parameter: Stream depth 1
Parameter: Stream depth 2
Parameter: Stream depth 3
Parameter: Stream gradient
Parameter: Stream water conductivity
Parameter: Stream water pH
Parameter: Stream width
Parameter: Surface velocity category
Parameter: Taxon name
Geographic Extent - Longitude (West): -4.542589 Longitude (East): -1.991100 Latitude (South): 50.670085 Latitude (North): 51.135872 |
Phenomenon Time - Start Date/Time: 2010-09-01 00:00:00 End Date/Time: 2013-12-31 00:00:00
Result Time: 2013-12-31 00:00:00
Valid Time - Start Date/Time: 2013-12-31 00:00:00
Feature of Interest: biosphere
Publication Date: 2016-05-09
This data is made available under the terms of the FBA Licence.
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