Genotype data for three freshwater macroinvertebrate species in upland Wales, UK (2012-2013)

Samples of each invertebrate were collected by kicksampling in May in 2012 and 2013, samples were sorted and identified to genus level on site and stored in absolute ethanol. In the laboratory each larva was identified to species level using Elliott et al. (1988) and Hynes (1977). DNA was then extracted from tissue samples (see supporting information for extraction methods). Baetis rhodani samples contained cryptic species which had to be removed before genotyping, no cryptic species were identified for Amphinemura sulcicollis or Isoperla grammatica. Samples were sent for fragment analysis (Dundee Biosciences, UK) using ROX500 as the internal size standard. Fragment analysis products were visualised and scored using Genemarker v 1.91 (Holland and Parson 2011). These results were downloaded from Genemarker and allele sizes were binned by hand using the 'Binning' information (provided in the metadata) in an Excel spreadsheet. The data were then complied into master Excel spreadsheets for each invertebrate. The data were then exported as comma separated value files for ingestion into the EIDC.

This dataset is included in the following collections

The DURESS project - Diversity of Upland Rivers for Ecosystem Service Sustainability