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UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) stream water chemistry data: 1992-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5285/fd7ca5ef-460a-463c-ad2b-5ad48bb4e22e
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Stream water chemistry data from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) terrestrial sites. Variables measured include pH, conductivity, alkalinity, aluminium, calcium, chloride, ammonium, nitrate nitrogen, phosphate phosphorous, potassium, sulphate sulphur, sodium, total nitrogen and total dissolved phosphorous. The data are collected by dip samples at ECN's terrestrial sites (where there is a stream present) using a standard protocol. They represent continuous weekly records from 1992 to 2015.

The sites at which these data are collected are: Cairngorms, Glensaugh, Moor House - Upper Teesdale, North Wyke, Rothamsted, Sourhope, Wytham and Y Wyddfa (Snowdon).

ECN is the UK's long-term environmental monitoring programme. It is a multi-agency programme sponsored by a consortium of fourteen government departments and agencies. These organisations contribute to the programme through funding either site monitoring and/or network co-ordination activities. These organisations are: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales, Defence Science & Technology Laboratory, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Llywodraeth Cymru - Welsh Government, Natural England, Natural Environment Research Council, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scottish Government and Scottish Natural Heritage.
Publication date: 2017-12-07
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Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84

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Temporal extent
1992-10-06    to    …

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Water chemistry data from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) terrestrial sites. These data are collected by dip samples at all of ECN's terrestrial sites (where there is a stream present) using a standard protocol. They represent continuous weekly records from 1992 to 2012. Temporal extent of the dataset represents the earliest date on which data was collected relating to this dataset, and does not necessarily represent the date that all sites included in this dataset initiated data collection. All data collected are managed by the ECN Data Centre at CEH Lancaster according to defined protocols (http://www.ecn.ac.uk/measurements/terrestrial/wc).

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Rennie, S.; Adamson, J.; Anderson, R.; Andrews, C.; Bater, J.; Bayfield, N.; Beaton, K.; Beaumont, D.; Benham, S.; Bowmaker, V.; Britt, C.; Brooker, R.; Brooks, D.; Brunt, J.; Common, G.; Cooper, R.; Corbett, S.; Critchley, N.; Dennis, P.; Dick, J.; Dodd, B.; Dodd, N.; Donovan, N.; Easter, J.; Flexen, M.; Gardiner, A.; Hamilton, D.; Hargreaves, P.; Hatton-Ellis, M.; Howe, M.; Kahl, J.; Lane, M.; Langan, S.; Lloyd, D.; McCarney, B.; McElarney, Y.; McKenna, C.; McMillan, S.; Milne, F.; Milne, L.; Morecroft, M.; Murphy, M.; Nelson, A.; Nicholson, H.; Pallett, D.; Parry, D.; Pearce, I.; Pozsgai, G.; Rose, R.; Schafer, S.; Scott, T.; Sherrin, L.; Shortall, C.; Smith, R.; Smith, P.; Tait, R.; Taylor, C.; Taylor, M.; Thurlow, M.; Turner, A.; Tyson, K.; Watson, H.; Whittaker, M.; Wood, C. (2017). UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) stream water chemistry data: 1992-2015. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/fd7ca5ef-460a-463c-ad2b-5ad48bb4e22e

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Citations

Rennie, S., Andrews, C., Atkinson, S., Beaumont, D., Benham, S., Bowmaker, V., … Watson, H. (2020). The UK Environmental Change Network datasets - integrated and co-located data for long-term environmental research (1993-2015). Earth System Science Data, 12(1), 87–107. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-87-2020
Moody, C.S., Worrall, F., Clay, G.D., Burt, T.P., Apperley, D.C., & Rose, R. (2018). A Molecular Budget for a Peatland Based Upon13C Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123(2), 547–560. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JG004312
Jarvie, H.P., Pallett, D.W., Schäfer, S.M., Macrae, M.L., Bowes, M.J., Farrand, P., … Fisher, N. (2020). Biogeochemical and climate drivers of wetland phosphorus and nitrogen release: Implications for nutrient legacies and eutrophication risk. Journal of Environmental Quality, 49(6), 1703–1716. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20155
Whelan, M. J., Linstead, C., Worrall, F., Ormerod, S. J., Durance, I., Johnson, A. C., Johnson, D., Owen, M., Wiik, E., Howden, N. J. K., Burt, T. P., Boxall, A., Brown, C. D., Oliver, D. M., & Tickner, D. (2022). Is water quality in British rivers “better than at any time since the end of the Industrial Revolution”? In Science of The Total Environment (Vol. 843, p. 157014). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157014

Correspondence/contact details

Rennie,S.
UK Environmental Change Network
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
Lancaster
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 ecn@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Rennie, S.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Adamson, J.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Anderson, R.
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
Andrews, C.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Bater, J.
Rothamsted Research
Bayfield, N.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Beaton, K.
The James Hutton Institute
Beaumont, D.
Rothamsted Research, North Wyke
Benham, S.
Forest Research
Bowmaker, V.
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales
Britt, C.
ADAS
Brooker, R.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Brooks, D.
Rothamsted Research
Brunt, J.
Forest Research
Common, G.
The James Hutton Institute
Cooper, R.
The James Hutton Institute
Corbett, S.
ADAS
Critchley, N.
ADAS
Dennis, P.
The James Hutton Institute
Dick, J.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Dodd, B.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Dodd, N.
The James Hutton Institute
Donovan, N.
Rothamsted Research, North Wyke
Easter, J.
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales
Flexen, M.
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
Gardiner, A.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Hamilton, D.
The James Hutton Institute
Hargreaves, P.
Rothamsted Research
Hatton-Ellis, M.
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales
Howe, M.
Rothamsted Research
Kahl, J.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Lane, M.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Langan, S.
The James Hutton Institute
Lloyd, D.
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales
McCarney, B.
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
McElarney, Y.
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
McKenna, C.
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
McMillan, S.
ADAS
Milne, F.
The James Hutton Institute
Milne, L.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Morecroft, M.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Murphy, M.
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales
Nelson, A.
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
Nicholson, H.
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
Pallett, D.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Parry, D.
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales
Pearce, I.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Pozsgai, G.
The James Hutton Institute
Rose, R.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Schafer, S.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Scott, T.
Rothamsted Research
Sherrin, L.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Shortall, C.
Rothamsted Research
Smith, R.
Rothamsted Research, North Wyke
Smith, P.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Tait, R.
The James Hutton Institute
Taylor, C.
The James Hutton Institute
Taylor, M.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Thurlow, M.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Turner, A.
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales
Tyson, K.
Rothamsted Research, North Wyke
Watson, H.
The James Hutton Institute
Whittaker, M.
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales
Wood, C.
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales

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Additional metadata

Topic categories
inlandWaters
INSPIRE theme
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Keywords
acidity , Alice Holt , alkalinity , aluminium , anion , Cairngorms , calcium , cation , chloride , conductivity , dissolved organic carbon , DOC , Drayton , eutrophication , Glensaugh , Hillsborough , ILTER , iron , LTER , magnesium , Moor House - Upper Teesdale , nitrate , nitrite , nitrogen , North Wyke , pH , phosphate , Porton Down , potassium , Rothamsted , runoff , sodium , Sourhope , stream , sulphate , sulphur , UK , Water quality , Wytham , Yr Wyddfa - Snowdon
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