Identification

Title

Chemical contaminants and shell index values for gannet eggs

Abstract

This dataset gives concentrations of chemical contaminants in the contents of eggs collected from colonies of the northern gannet, Morus bassanus, in the United Kingdom. The majority of eggs analysed are from colonies on Ailsa Craig (Firth of Clyde) and Bass Rock (Firth of Forth) and have been collected since 1971. The study examined 658 eggs collected between 1971 and 2009. Eggs analysed by the PBMS are collected by licensed collectors. Contaminants measured include organochlorine pesticides, total mercury, total PCBs and, for recent years, individual PCB congeners. The PBMS is a long-term, national monitoring scheme that quantifies the concentrations of contaminants in the livers and eggs of selected species of predatory and fish-eating birds in Britain. Levels of contaminants are monitored to determine variations between species and regions, changes over time and effects on individual birds and their populations. The Scheme is funded by CEH, Natural England, the Environment Agency (EA) and the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/2ddf56e5-fbcd-48a3-b4a5-fe2a7d5c90a4

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/2ddf56e5-fbcd-48a3-b4a5-fe2a7d5c90a4

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/2ddf56e5-fbcd-48a3-b4a5-fe2a7d5c90a4.zip

name: Supporting documentation

description: Documents available to assist with re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

1318940780599

codeSpace

CEH:EIDC:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

environment

farming

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Wikidata

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2012-10-29

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GeoNames

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2006-01-01

Keyword set

keyword value

persistent Organic Pollutants

POPs

Residue

organochlorine

insecticide

pesticide

DDE

DDT

HEOD

TDE

HCH

Hepox

Lindane

Aldrin

Dieldrin

PCB

PCBs

eggs

Gannet

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-5.13

East bounding longitude

-5.1

North bounding latitude

55.26

South bounding latitude

55.24

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1971-01-01

End position

2009-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2012-02-16

date type

revision

effective date

2011-09-22

Frequency of update

annually

Quality and validity

Lineage

Fresh eggs are collected by licenced egg collectors and are sent to the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS) at CEH Lancaster. The contents of the eggs are sampled and are 1) sent for analysis by the CEH Analytical facility and 2) retained for archive purposes. The biometric data (whole egg weight, length and breadth, etc) are entered by technician onto a MSAccess form which uploads directly to an Oracle database (managed internally by Computer Support). Chemistry batch files containing concentrations of pesticides in tissues are loaded directly into an Oracle database.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Crosse, J. D., Shore, R. F. , Jones, K. C., Pereira, M. G, (2012). Chemical contaminants and shell index values for gannet eggs. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/2ddf56e5-fbcd-48a3-b4a5-fe2a7d5c90a4

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

organisation name

NERC Environmental Information Data Centre

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

publisher

Responsible party

organisation name

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

UK

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-05-20T10:40:44

Metadata language

eng