Identification

Title

Freshwater river macrophyte surveys (Biosys)

Alternative title(s)

BIOSYS

Abstract

The Environment Agency undertakes freshwater and marine biological monitoring in England. This dataset contains site, sample, metric and taxa information from freshwater river macrophyte (plant) surveys carried out across England from 1980 onwards. Notes: - These survey data are stored in an archive more commonly known as BIOSYS. - This dataset contains Freshwater, River Macrophyte surveys only. - Pollution Samples are excluded from the dataset. - The River Macrophyte Nutrient Index and associated indices were updated in 2017 to correct errors discovered in 2016. - The River Macrophyte Hydraulic Index has not been updated. The field displays the value (which was correct) at the time the record was saved. If taxon values and hierarchies have been updated, since this date, an updated value will not be generated. As this value is used in a historic context it will not be updated in the future. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2020. All rights reserved.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://environment.data.gov.uk/ecology-fish/

protocol: http:

name: ECOLOGY_AND_FISH_DATA_EXPLORER

description: The Ecology and Fish data explorer

https://environment.data.gov.uk/datafiles/136453e009eb4f2489a8d1a15b610497

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: Documentation_(Supporting_information_for_the_macrophyte_dataset)

description: Documentation (Supporting information for the macrophyte dataset)

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

protocol: http:

name: DSP_CUSTOMER_FORUM

description: DEFRA Data Services Platform Customer Forum

Unique resource identifier

code

005483e2-839b-4da2-aa98-b5de04695841

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

environment

inlandWaters

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

freshwater monitoring

biology

ecology

OpenData

Macrophyte

Plant

Biosys

River

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.236

East bounding longitude

2.072

North bounding latitude

55.816

South bounding latitude

49.943

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1980-09-12T01:00:00

End position

2020-05-04T00:00:00

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2019-11-01

date type

revision

effective date

2020-05-04T00:00:00

Frequency of update

quarterly

Quality and validity

Lineage

This dataset is derived from Biosys and contains all freshwater, river macrophyte surveys. The data are split into three subsets: Site, metric and taxa information.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Comma Separated Values file (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

web address

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

description: Defra Data Services Forum

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

metadata@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-09-29

Metadata language