Identification

Title

Benthic biofilm chlorophyll a content and biomass data for 3 intensively studied Wessex chalkstream sites, England, UK

Abstract

Chlorophyll-a content and ash-free dry mass of quantitative samples of the biofilm on benthic substrate from three chalkstream sites in the Wessex chalk area (Nine Mile River, River Till and River Wylye). Chlorophyll a content and biomass were determined from up to 10 replicate samples at each site on each sampling occasion. The data are presented as means with standard deviation. 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/10.5285/64a8cef6-2d5b-452b-8f60-0cfa85ae51bc

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/64a8cef6-2d5b-452b-8f60-0cfa85ae51bc.zip

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

function: information

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/datastore/eidchub/64a8cef6-2d5b-452b-8f60-0cfa85ae51bc/WP3_2_Food_Web_Benthic_Algae_Chlorophylla_Biomass.csv

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Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/64a8cef6-2d5b-452b-8f60-0cfa85ae51bc

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

Keyword set

keyword value

Wessex BESS

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. We did not sample this river during the salmonid breeding season Dec-Mar so as not to disturb redds. Also two replicate chlorophyll-a samples were not processed from Nine Mile River in March 2013. Standard laboratory procedures for determining chlorophyll-a and ash-free dry mass (AFDM) content were strictly followed but there was no formal quality assurance procedure, such as repeat analysis of replicate aliquots from the same replicate scrap. 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

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Pretty, J., Pacioglu, O., Duerdoth, C, Arnold, A., Murphy, J., Hawczak, A., Jones, J.I. (2017). Benthic biofilm chlorophyll a content and biomass data for 3 intensively studied Wessex chalkstream sites, England, UK. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/64a8cef6-2d5b-452b-8f60-0cfa85ae51bc

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-06-25T18:34:58

Metadata language

eng