Freshwater river macroinvertebrate surveys (Biosys)

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Environment Agency
Last updated:
21 June 2024
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Summary

The Environment Agency undertakes freshwater and marine biological monitoring in England.

This dataset contains site, sample, metric and taxa information from freshwater river macroinvertebrate surveys carried out across England from 1965 onwards.

Notes:

  • These survey data are stored in an archive more commonly known as BIOSYS.
  • This dataset contains Freshwater, River macroinvertebrate surveys only.
  • Pollution Samples are excluded from the dataset.
  • The family-level BMWP and LIFE calculations in this dataset were updated in 2018 to correct errors discovered in 2016. The Species level LIFE calculations and CCI index were updated in 2019. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2023. All rights reserved.

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Additional information

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Added to data.gov.uk
2024-06-20
Access contraints
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Harvest GUID
fa98090d-d715-4d34-80f9-bb7621aa7101
Extent
Latitude: 55.816° to 49.943°
Longitude: -6.236° to 2.072°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date
2019-11-01 (creation)
2024-06-20 (revision)
Frequency of update
quarterly
Responsible party
Environment Agency (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng
Source Metadata
XML
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Open Government Licence