{"accessLimitation":{"value":"noLimitations","availability":"Available","description":"Access to the resource is not subject to any access limitations and is available to all users without restriction.","uri":"http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/N07/current/UNRS/"},"authors":[{"familyName":"Mason","givenName":"K.E.","organisationName":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/00pggkr55","role":"author","email":"enquiries@ceh.ac.uk","nameIdentifier":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3426-3178","fullName":"Mason, K.E."},{"familyName":"Ashwood","givenName":"F.","organisationName":"Forest Research","role":"author","email":"francis.ashwood@forestresearch.gov.uk","nameIdentifier":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7540-1712","fullName":"Ashwood, F."},{"familyName":"Schmidt","givenName":"O.","organisationName":"University College Dublin","role":"author","email":"olaf.schmidt@ucd.ie","nameIdentifier":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0098-7960","fullName":"Schmidt, O."},{"familyName":"Cosby","givenName":"J.","organisationName":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/00pggkr55","role":"author","email":"enquiries@ceh.ac.uk","nameIdentifier":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5645-3373","fullName":"Cosby, J."},{"familyName":"Keith","givenName":"A.M.","organisationName":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/00pggkr55","role":"author","email":"enquiries@ceh.ac.uk","nameIdentifier":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9619-1320","fullName":"Keith, A.M."}],"availability":"Available","boundingBoxes":[{"westBoundLongitude":-11.285,"eastBoundLongitude":1.768,"southBoundLatitude":49.58,"northBoundLatitude":60.861,"bounds":"{\"type\": \"Feature\",      \"properties\": {},      \"geometry\": {        \"type\": \"Polygon\",        \"coordinates\": [[[-11.285, 49.58], [-11.285, 60.861], [1.768, 60.861], [1.768, 49.58], [-11.285, 49.58]]]      }}","coordinates":"[[[-11.285, 49.58], [-11.285, 60.861], [1.768, 60.861], [1.768, 49.58], [-11.285, 49.58]]]"}],"citation":{"authors":["Mason, K.E.","Ashwood, F.","Schmidt, O.","Cosby, J.","Keith, A.M."],"bibtex":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f/citation?format=bib","day":30,"doi":"10.5285/1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f","month":5,"publisher":"NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre","resourceTypeGeneral":"dataset","ris":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f/citation?format=ris","title":"A compendium of earthworm data sources and associated information from the UK and Ireland, 1891-2021","url":"https://doi.org/10.5285/1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f","year":2022},"custodians":[{"organisationName":"NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/04xw4m193","role":"custodian","email":"info@eidc.ac.uk"}],"datasetReferenceDate":{"publicationDate":"2022-05-30"},"description":"This dataset presents a compendium of field-based earthworm data sources and associated meta-data from across the United Kingdom and Ireland (‘Worm source’).  These were compiled up to 2021 and include 257 data sources, the earliest dating back to 1891.  Source meta-data covers the type of quantitative earthworm data (i.e. incidence, abundance, biomass, taxa), methodological details (e.g. sampling method/s, location/s, whether sampled plots were natural or experimental, sampling year/s), and environmental information (e.g. habitat/land-use, inclusion of climate data and basic soil properties). Data sources were collected through literature searches on Web of Science and Google Scholar, as well as directly from original authors/data holders where possible.  The data sources were compiled with the aim of gathering quantitative data on earthworm species and populations to develop earthworm abundance and niche models, and toward a modelling framework for earthworm impacts on soil processes. \n\nThis work is part of the Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics (SOC-D) project funded by the NERC UK-SCAPE programme (Grant reference NE/R016429/1).","distributionFormats":[{"name":"Comma-separated values (CSV)","type":"text/csv","version":"unknown"}],"distributorContacts":[{"organisationName":"NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/04xw4m193","role":"distributor","email":"info@eidc.ac.uk"}],"funding":[{"funderName":"Natural Environment Research Council","funderIdentifier":"https://ror.org/02b5d8509","awardTitle":"UKScape","awardNumber":"NE/R016429/1","orcid":false,"ror":true}],"id":"1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f","incomingCitationCount":0,"infoLinks":[{"url":"https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f.zip","name":"Supporting information","description":"Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset","function":"information","type":"OTHER"}],"inspireThemes":[{"theme":"Energy Resources","uri":"http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/theme/er"}],"keywordsOther":[{"value":"Worm"},{"value":"UK"},{"value":"Ireland"},{"value":"Lumbricidae’"},{"value":"ecosystem engineer"},{"value":"earthworm","uri":"http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/2408"}],"keywordsTheme":[{"value":"Biodiversity","uri":"http://onto.nerc.ac.uk/CEHMD/topic/2"},{"value":"Soil","uri":"http://onto.nerc.ac.uk/CEHMD/topic/17"}],"licences":[{"value":"This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence","code":"license","uri":"https://eidc.ac.uk/licences/ogl/plain"}],"lineage":"A systematic literature search was conducted to find data sources using Web of Science and Google Scholar (in June/July 2020). This used the following search term: \n(Earthworm* OR Oligochaeta OR Annelid* OR Lumbric* OR Clitellat*) AND (Diversity OR “Species richness” OR “OTU” OR Abundance OR individual* OR Density OR “tax* richness” OR “Number” OR Richness OR Biomass) AND (UK OR “United Kingdom” OR England OR Wales OR Scotland OR “NI” OR “Northern Ireland” OR “Ireland” OR “ROI”) \nPublications were selected and meta-data recorded if they contained location information and the presence of at least one species of earthworm or abundance/biomass data obtained from the field.  Further publications were found through screening of review papers and contact with selected authors for additional information and resources, including published and unpublished datasets.  In total, 257 data sources were compiled.   Original sources (i.e. published papers, book chapters) could not be obtained for 17 studies at the time of compiling meta-data and are thus lacking any additional information. \n","metadataDate":"2026-06-30T16:37:36","notGEMINI":false,"onlineResources":[{"url":"https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f","name":"Download the data","description":"Download a copy of this data","function":"download","type":"OTHER"},{"url":"https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f.zip","name":"Supporting information","description":"Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset","function":"information","type":"OTHER"}],"pointsOfContact":[{"familyName":"Mason","givenName":"Kelly","organisationName":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/00pggkr55","role":"pointOfContact","email":"enquiries@ceh.ac.uk","address":{"deliveryPoint":"Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg","city":"Lancaster","administrativeArea":"Lancashire","postalCode":"LA1 4AP","country":"United Kingdom"},"fullName":"Mason, K.","pointOfContact":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"}],"publicationDate":"2022-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","publishers":[{"organisationName":"NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/04xw4m193","role":"publisher","email":"info@eidc.ac.uk"}],"resourceIdentifiers":[{"code":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f"},{"code":"10.5285/1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f","codeSpace":"doi"}],"resourceType":{"value":"dataset"},"responsibleParties":[{"familyName":"Mason","givenName":"K.E.","organisationName":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/00pggkr55","role":"author","email":"enquiries@ceh.ac.uk","nameIdentifier":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3426-3178","fullName":"Mason, K.E."},{"familyName":"Ashwood","givenName":"F.","organisationName":"Forest Research","role":"author","email":"francis.ashwood@forestresearch.gov.uk","nameIdentifier":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7540-1712","fullName":"Ashwood, F."},{"familyName":"Schmidt","givenName":"O.","organisationName":"University College Dublin","role":"author","email":"olaf.schmidt@ucd.ie","nameIdentifier":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0098-7960","fullName":"Schmidt, O."},{"familyName":"Cosby","givenName":"J.","organisationName":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/00pggkr55","role":"author","email":"enquiries@ceh.ac.uk","nameIdentifier":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5645-3373","fullName":"Cosby, J."},{"familyName":"Keith","givenName":"A.M.","organisationName":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/00pggkr55","role":"author","email":"enquiries@ceh.ac.uk","nameIdentifier":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9619-1320","fullName":"Keith, A.M."},{"familyName":"Mason","givenName":"Kelly","organisationName":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/00pggkr55","role":"pointOfContact","email":"enquiries@ceh.ac.uk","address":{"deliveryPoint":"Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg","city":"Lancaster","administrativeArea":"Lancashire","postalCode":"LA1 4AP","country":"United Kingdom"},"fullName":"Mason, K.","pointOfContact":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"},{"organisationName":"NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/04xw4m193","role":"custodian","email":"info@eidc.ac.uk"},{"organisationName":"NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/04xw4m193","role":"publisher","email":"info@eidc.ac.uk"},{"organisationName":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/00pggkr55","role":"rightsHolder","email":"enquiries@ceh.ac.uk"}],"rightsHolders":[{"organisationName":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/00pggkr55","role":"rightsHolder","email":"enquiries@ceh.ac.uk"}],"spatialReferenceSystems":[{"code":"http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326","title":"WGS 84"}],"spatialRepresentationTypes":["textTable"],"temporalExtents":[{"begin":"1891-01-01","end":"2021-12-31"}],"title":"A compendium of earthworm data sources and associated information from the UK and Ireland, 1891-2021","topicCategories":[{"value":"biota","uri":"http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/TopicCategory/biota"}],"topics":["http://onto.nerc.ac.uk/CEHMD/topic/2","http://onto.nerc.ac.uk/CEHMD/topic/17"],"type":"dataset","uri":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f","useConstraints":[{"value":"This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence","code":"license","uri":"https://eidc.ac.uk/licences/ogl/plain"}]}