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Carvalho, L.; Bailey-Watts, A.E.; Kirika, A.

Loch Leven diatom counts 1968-2007

https://doi.org/10.5285/de5ca6cc-02e9-42bc-a39e-80ec8acbffba Cite this dataset
The dataset comprises counts of four planktonic diatom taxa collected from Loch Leven from 1968-2007 by staff at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and its predecessor bodies, as part of their long-term monitoring programme of the lake. Count units are the density of cells per millilitre of water for four species; Asterionella formosa, Aulacoseira spp, Diatoma spp, Unicellular centric diatoms. Counts are of weekly to monthly frequency and from a single sampling station
Publication date: 2015-07-22

Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84

Temporal information

Temporal extent
1968-01-01    to    2007-12-31

Provenance & quality

Validation of data was in line with protocols referenced in the supporting documents. The dataset was quality controlled by all three authors who have worked on the Loch Leven long-term monitoring project since 1968. Dr Tony Bailey-Watts counted all the pre-2001 data and this was checked and collated by Alex Kirika. Dr Laurence Carvalho counted and checked all the data from 2001-2007.

Related

This dataset is included in the following collections

Long term monitoring data from Loch Leven, Scotland

Citations

Burthe, S. J., Henrys, P. A., Mackay, E. B., Spears, B. M., Campbell, R., Carvalho, L., Dudley, B., Gunn, I. D. M., Johns, D. G., Maberly, S. C., May, L., Newell, M. A., Wanless, S., Winfield, I. J., Thackeray, S. J. and Daunt, F. (2016), Do early warning indicators consistently predict nonlinear change in long-term ecological data?. J Appl Ecol, 53: 666-676. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12519

Correspondence/contact details

Prof. Laurence Carvalho
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Bush Estate
EH26 0QB Penicuik
Midlothian
UNITED KINGDOM
 enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Carvalho, L.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9768-9902
Bailey-Watts, A.E.
Institute of Freshwater Ecology
Kirika, A.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Other contacts

Rights holder
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
biota
environment
inlandWaters
INSPIRE theme
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Keywords
Evolutionary ecology , Kinross , Loch Leven , Scotland , UK , Unicellular centric diatoms
Last updated
27 February 2024 16:17

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CITE AS: Carvalho, L.; Bailey-Watts, A.E.; Kirika, A. (2015). Loch Leven diatom counts 1968-2007. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/de5ca6cc-02e9-42bc-a39e-80ec8acbffba

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