Pond quality metrics from the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme, Wales 2013-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5285/687b38d3-2278-41a0-9317-2c7595d6b882

This data set consists of freshwater pond quality data for sites across Wales between 2013 and 2016. Data include macrophyte species records, chemistry and water quality metrics, and environmental variables such as pollution, grazing and management from surveyed ponds. Ponds were surveyed within a set of up to 300 x 1km squares across Wales (not all sites contained pond features), collected as part of the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (GMEP).

The monitoring programme was set up by the Welsh Government in 2013 to monitor the effects of the Glastir agri-environment scheme on the environment and ran from 2013 to 2016. The field survey element was based on a stratified random sampling design of 300 x 1km square sites across Wales, and was managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

Publication date: 2020-04-14

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Comma-separated values (CSV)

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Study area

Spatial representation type

Tabular (text)

Spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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Temporal extent

2013-05-01 to 2016-10-31

Provenance & quality

The data were recorded using electronic data capture devices in the summers of 2013-2016 by professional surveyors. Data were recorded from up to 300 x 1km squares sited across Wales, selected by random stratified sample. The survey was managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Standardised methodologies were applied throughout.

To ensure confidentiality of the data with respect to land owners and managers, the locations of 1km squares and survey sites were converted to the centres of the containing 10 km Ordnance Survey grid squares.

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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

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Scarlett, P.; Edwards, F.; Astbury, S.; Burden, A.; Carter, H.; Emmett, B.A.; Garbutt, A.; Henrys, P.A.; Keenan, P.; Owen, A.; Sharps, K.; Williams, B.; Wood, C.M. (2020). Pond quality metrics from the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme, Wales 2013-2016. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/687b38d3-2278-41a0-9317-2c7595d6b882

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All use of the data (or any part of it) must be accompanied by an acknowledgement of the source in the following format: "© Crown copyright: Welsh Government licenced under the Open Government Licence v3.0" or "© Hawlfraint y Goron: Llywodraeth Cymru Mae'r holl gynnwys ar gael dan Drwydded Llywodraeth Agored v3.0"

For the avoidance of doubt, if the publication of the Licensed Data is not within Wales, the Welsh form of the acknowledgement wording is not required.

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Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme, Wales, 2013-2016

Citations

Robinson, D.A., Thomas, A., Reinsch, S., Lebron, I., Feeney, C. J., Maskell, L.C., Wood, C.M., Seaton, F.M., Emmett, B.A., & Cosby, B.J. (2022). Analytical modelling of soil porosity and bulk density across the soil organic matter and land-use continuum. In Scientific Reports (Vol. 12, Issue 1). https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4155-2021