Soil metals data 2007 [Countryside Survey]

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https://doi.org/10.5285/826b0829-7ab5-4e22-822f-ee3a137896a9

This dataset consists of metal concentrations (aluminium, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, titanium and zinc) measured from soils sampled across Great Britain in 2007.

The Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, with repeated visits to the majority of squares. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. In addition to soil data, habitat areas, vegetation species data, linear habitat data, and freshwater habitat data are also gathered by Countryside Survey

Publication date: 2016-06-03

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Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area

Spatial representation type

Tabular (text)

Spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent

2007-05-01 to 2007-11-01

Provenance & quality

Soil samples were collected in the summer of 2007 by field surveyors. Data were recorded from up to 256 1km squares sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample. Samples were analysed according to standardized protocols at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in 2007. Data are managed by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

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Emmett, B.A.; Reynolds, B.; Chamberlain, P.M.; Rowe, E.; Spurgeon, D.; Brittain, S.A.; Frogbrook, Z.; Hughes, S.; Lawlor, A.J.; Poskitt, J.; Potter, E.; Robinson, D.A.; Scott, A.; Wood, C.M.; Woods, C. (2016). Soil metals data 2007 [Countryside Survey]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/826b0829-7ab5-4e22-822f-ee3a137896a9

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Countryside Survey 2007

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Emmett, B. A.; Frogbrook, Z. L.; Chamberlain, P. M.; Griffiths, R; Pickup, R.; Poskitt, J.; Reynolds, B.; Rowe, E.; Rowland, P.; Wilson, J.; Wood, C. M.. 2008 Countryside Survey. Soils Manual. NERC/Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, 180pp. (CS Technical Report No.3/07, CEH Project Number: C03259)

http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5201/

Emmett, B.A.; Reynolds, B.; Chamberlain, P.M.; Rowe, E.; Spurgeon, D.; Brittain, S.A.; Frogbrook, Z.; Hughes, S.; Lawlor, A.J.; Poskitt, J.; Potter, E.; Robinson, D.A.; Scott, A.; Wood, C.; Woods, C.. 2010 Countryside Survey: Soils Report from 2007. NERC/Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, 192pp. (CS Technical Report No. 9/07, CEH Project Number: C03259)

http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/9354/

Correspondence/contact details

Prof. Bridget Emmett

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road
Bangor
Gwynedd
LL57 2UW
UNITED KINGDOM

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