Identification

Title

Benthic organic matter biomass data for three intensively studied Wessex chalkstream sites, England, UK

Abstract

Ash-free dry mass (AFDM) of three distinct size fractions of organic matter (>1cm, >1mm and > 0.025mm) collected in quantitative samples of the benthic substrate determined from up to 10 replicate samples at three chalkstream sites in the Wessex chalk area (Nine Mile River, River Till and River Wylye) on each sampling occasion. Data were collected on seven occasions on the Wylye and Nine Mile River and on five occasions on the Till, between October 2012 and October 2013. Data were collected to construct quantified food webs detailing the flux of mass and nutrients between nodes of the food web. This dataset was created as part of work package 3.2 of the Wessex Biodiversity & Ecosystem Service Sustainability (BESS) project. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0446bf29-8f7e-4132-9b34-1b66b9ff5b78

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/0446bf29-8f7e-4132-9b34-1b66b9ff5b78.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/datastore/eidchub/0446bf29-8f7e-4132-9b34-1b66b9ff5b78/WP3_2_Food_Web_Benthic_POM_Biomass.csv

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/0446bf29-8f7e-4132-9b34-1b66b9ff5b78

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.981

East bounding longitude

-0.985

North bounding latitude

51.661

South bounding latitude

50.525

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2012-10-01

End position

2013-10-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2017-06-26

date type

creation

effective date

2013-10-31

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Samples were collected on 7 separate occasions from Nine Mile River and the River Wyle. However samples were only collected on five occasions from the River Till. No sampling occurred in this river during the salmonid breeding season Dec-Mar so as not to disturb redds. Ten replicate samples have been processed from Oct 12, Feb 13, Mar 13 and May 13 sampling. Five replicate samples have been processed from Jul 13, Aug 13 and Oct 13 sampling. Standard laboratory procedures for determining AFDM content were followed but there was no formal quality assurance procedure, such as repeat analysis of replicate samples from within a replicate Surber sample. Final values were checked for marked outliers (none were found) before calculations were undertaken.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

© Queen Mary University of London

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Duerdoth, C., Arnold, A., Pretty, J., Murphy, J., Hawczak, A., Jones, J.I. (2017). Benthic organic matter biomass data for three intensively studied Wessex chalkstream sites, England, UK. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/0446bf29-8f7e-4132-9b34-1b66b9ff5b78

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

j.f.murphy@qmul.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

c.p.duerdoth@qmul.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

a.arnold@qmul.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

j.l.pretty@qmul.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

j.f.murphy@qmul.ac.uk

web address

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2102-7686

name: ORCID record

description: ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers.

function: information

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

adibabe_19@hotmail.com

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

j.i.jones@qmul.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

publisher

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

EMAIL NOT PROVIDED

responsible party role

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

UK

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

web address

https://eidc.ac.uk/

name: EIDC website

description: The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences.

function: information

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-03-21T13:22:22

Metadata language

eng