Identification

Title

Macroinvertebrate taxonomic abundance, water quality, river flow, air temperature and environmental site descriptors from English rivers, 1965-2018

Abstract

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. This data product combines macroinvertebrate taxonomic abundance for 1,519 monitoring sites across English rivers for the period between 1965 and 2018, with concentrations of 41 water quality determinands, river flow measurements and air temperature derived values. It also includes site variables such as sewage effluent exposure, habitat quality, land cover in the upstream catchment and other physical parameters measured at the sampling point such as altitude, slope, distance from source, width and depth of the channel, and type of substrate. Developed as part of the ChemPop (2018-2023), a NERC-funded project investigating the impact of chemical exposure on wildlife populations in rivers, this research output is an open data product for use in a broad spectrum of environmental data and modelling analyses. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/faa526cc-52f5-4468-97bb-295660bcea34

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/faa526cc-52f5-4468-97bb-295660bcea34.zip

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

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/faa526cc-52f5-4468-97bb-295660bcea34

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

environment

inlandWaters

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Species Distribution

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

-6.452

East bounding longitude

1.768

North bounding latitude

55.812

South bounding latitude

49.864

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1965-01-01

End position

2018-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2024-09-26

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

This data product was created by processing and combining survey data of national extent collected by the Environment Agency (EA), such as freshwater macroinvertebrate survey data, water quality data, habitat quality metrics and river flow; as well as datasets produced by UKCEH such as Land Cover Map 2015, CHESS-met air temperature and estimated sewage effluent exposure. The spatial distribution of this product matches the spatial extent of the macroinvertebrate data. Its time stamps correspond to the dates of macroinvertebrate sampling. The completeness of this product is determined by the spatio-temporal availability of the data sources. Due to the different data structures and file formats of the data sources, a range of data processing tools was used. However, the same methodology of processing and integration was followed. This involved three steps: first, spatial matching of sampled locations along the river network; second, spatial integration of model-generated variables, including wastewater effluent, land cover and air temperature; and third, temporal matching of environmental observations, such as water quality concentrations and river flow, along with modelled variables such as air temperature.

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

Withdrawn

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Bachiller-Jareno, N., Keller, V.D.J., Eastman, M., Edwards, F.K., Jürgens, M.D., Scarlett, P.M., Rizzo, C., Antoniou, V., Dean, H.J., Sadykova, D., Qu, Y., Johnson, A.C. (2024). Macroinvertebrate taxonomic abundance, water quality, river flow, air temperature and environmental site descriptors from English rivers, 1965-2018. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/faa526cc-52f5-4468-97bb-295660bcea34

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

nuria.bachiller-jareno@port.ac.uk

web address

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9732-6725

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