UK Checklist of freshwater species
bibliographic citation: Gunn, I.D.M., Carvalho, L., Davies, C.E., Edwards, F.K., Furse, M.T., Maitland, P.S., Raper, C., Siriwardena, G.M., Winfield, I.J. (2018). UK Checklist of freshwater species. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/57653719-434b-4b11-9f0d-3bd76054d8bd
description: The UK Checklist of Freshwater Species is a collation of all the species (apart from algae) known to be found in association with fresh waters in the United Kingdom. The following eight major groups were identified as being associated with fresh waters in the UK: algae, amphibians, birds, fish, invertebrates, macrophytes, mammals and reptiles. Algae (except stoneworts) were not included in the UK Checklist of Freshwater Species as they are currently undergoing a major revision. Other microorganisms (bacteria, fungi and viruses) are also not included in this species list. The checklist was compiled to allow querying of freshwater species data in the Biological Records Centre (BRC) but to also to query freshwater species data from the BRC via the UK Lakes Portal (https://uklakes.ceh.ac.uk/), as well as to update the freshwater species list supplied to the UK Species Inventory (UKSI) partners, such as Recorder 6, National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Atlas and iRecord.
provenance: ProvenanceStatement
  label: The UK Checklist of Freshwater Species was put together between 2015-2017 by Iain Gunn (CEH Edinburgh) in collaboration with Laurence Carvalho (CEH Edinburgh), Chris Raper (Natural History Museum (NHM)), Gavin Siriwardena (British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)) and Ian Winfield (CEH Lancaster). The checklist was compiled, primarily, under the auspices of the NERC Highlights Hydroscape project (NEC05609). The freshwater invertebrate component of the checklist was updated by Iain Gunn predominantly based on the 2011 version of the Mike Furse (ex-CEH Dorset, now retired)/Peter Maitland (Fish Conservation Centre) invertebrate code list compiled by Cynthia Davies (ex-CEH Wallingford, now retired) and Francois Edwards (CEH Wallingford).
publisher: NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
subject: Biodiversity
subject: Water quality
subject: Invasive species
subject: fish
subject: alga
subject: amphibian
subject: bird
subject: invertebrate
subject: reptile
subject: macrophyte
subject: mammal
type: Dataset
available: 2018-05-24
landing page: https://doi.org/10.5285/57653719-434b-4b11-9f0d-3bd76054d8bd
license: OGL-UK-3.0.ttl
access rights: UNRS
theme: Biodiversity
theme: Water quality
theme: Invasive species
creator: Carvalho, L.
creator: Edwards, F.K.
creator: Winfield, I.J.
language: en

Gunn, I.
type: Person
family name: Gunn
given name: Iain
member: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
type: Organization

Gunn, I.D.M.
type: Person
family name: Gunn
given name: I.D.M.
member: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Carvalho, L.
type: Person
family name: Carvalho
given name: Laurence
member: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Davies, C.E.
type: Person
family name: Davies
given name: C.E.
member: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Edwards, F.K.
type: Person
family name: Edwards
given name: F.K.
member: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Furse, M.T.
type: Person
family name: Furse
given name: M.T.
member: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Maitland, P.S.
type: Person
family name: Maitland
given name: P.S.
member: Fish Conservation Centre

Raper, C.
type: Person
family name: Raper
given name: C.
member: Natural History Museum

Siriwardena, G.M.
type: Person
family name: Siriwardena
given name: G.M.
member: British Trust for Ornithology

Winfield, I.J.
type: Person
family name: Winfield
given name: I.J.
member: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Biodiversity
type: Concept

Water quality
type: Concept

Invasive species
type: Concept

fish
type: Concept

alga
type: Concept

amphibian
type: Concept

bird
type: Concept

invertebrate
type: Concept

reptile
type: Concept

mammal
type: Concept

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
type: Organization

British Trust for Ornithology
type: Organization