Identification

Title

Chemical contaminants in White-tailed sea eagle eggs - Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS)

Abstract

Data from analyses of addled and deserted sea eagle eggs collected by licensed collectors in Scotland. Contaminants reported include polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides or their persistent metabolites, and a range of metals and metaloids. The white-tailed sea eagle has been re-introduced to a number of Scottish Islands since the 1980s. The Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (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. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/72ed6237-aedf-43a7-b9e3-eef95320a2bb

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/72ed6237-aedf-43a7-b9e3-eef95320a2bb

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/72ed6237-aedf-43a7-b9e3-eef95320a2bb.zip

name: Supporting documents

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

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/72ed6237-aedf-43a7-b9e3-eef95320a2bb

codeSpace

doi:

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

GeoNames

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2006-01-01

Keyword set

keyword value

pollutant

contaminant

sea eagle

Persistent Organic Pollutants

POPs

Polychlorinated Biphenyls

PCBs

Residue

Toxic Equivalent

TEQ

organochlorine

insecticide

pesticide

DDE

DDT

HEOD

TDE

HCH

Hepox

Lindane

Aldrin

Dieldrin

metals

toxic

mercury

zinc

iron

cadmium

copper

lead

aluminium

nickel

Manganese

Cobalt

Arsenic

Selenium

Molybdenum

Tin

rodenticides

Difenacoum

Flocoumafen

Bromadiolone

Brodifacoum

Warfarin

Diphacinone

Chlorophacinone

Coumatetralyl

egg shell index

biometric

PBMS

predatory birds

eggs

Haliaeetus albicilla

CEH Biogeochemistry Programme

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-10

East bounding longitude

North bounding latitude

South bounding latitude

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1986-01-01

End position

2008-12-01

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-06-18

Frequency of update

unknown

Quality and validity

Lineage

Addled and deserted sea eagle eggs are collected by licensed collectors in Scotland. Eggs are cracked, the contents homogenised and samples are 1) sent for analysis by the Centralised Analytical Chemistry facility at CEH Lancaster and 2) retained for archive purposes at -20 degrees C. Samples were analysed for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides or their persistent metabolites, and a range of metals and metaloids. Data are entered by technician onto a MSAccess form which uploads directly to an Oracle database. Batch files containing concentrations of pesticides in tissues load directly to 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

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Walker, L., Shore, R.F., Chaplow, J.S., Potter, E.D., Dos Santos Pereira, G. (2013). Chemical contaminants in White-tailed sea eagle eggs - Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/72ed6237-aedf-43a7-b9e3-eef95320a2bb

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

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-05-20T10:41:46

Metadata language

eng