Identification

Title

Topsoil meso-fauna data from the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme, Wales 2013-2014

Abstract

This data set includes counts of soil meso-fauna collected from topsoil within a wide range of land use types across Wales, collected as part of the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (GMEP). Meso-fauna include collembola (springtails) and acari (mites). The monitoring programme was set up by the Welsh Government in 2013 to monitor the effects of the Glastir agri-environment scheme on the environment and ran from 2013 to 2016. The field survey element was based on a stratified random sampling design of 300 x 1km square sites across Wales, and was managed by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/1c5cf317-2f03-4fef-b060-9eccbb4d9c21

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/1c5cf317-2f03-4fef-b060-9eccbb4d9c21

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function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/1c5cf317-2f03-4fef-b060-9eccbb4d9c21.zip

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

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Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/1c5cf317-2f03-4fef-b060-9eccbb4d9c21

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Soil

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-5.473

East bounding longitude

-2.654

North bounding latitude

53.434

South bounding latitude

51.375

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2013-04-01

End position

2014-12-01

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2019-11-18

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Within each of 300 x 1km sample squares, a set of soil samples are taken from five pre-determined randomly dispersed locations (where possible). The soil sample analysed for soil fauna is taken using a white plastic core (‘F-core’), 8cm long, from a location co-incident with vegetation surveys. After collection, the soil cores were posted as soon as possible to laboratories at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster, for faunal extraction. To ensure confidentiality of the data with respect to land owners and managers, the locations of 1km squares and survey sites were converted to the centres of the containing 10km Ordnance Survey grid squares.

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

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

For the avoidance of doubt, if the publication of the Licensed Data is not within Wales, the Welsh form of the acknowledgement wording is not required.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Keith, A.M., Astbury, S., Dodd, B.A., Emmett, B.A., Fitton, A., Garbutt, A., George, P., Marshall, R., Robinson, D.A., Williams, B., Wood, C.M. (2019). Topsoil meso-fauna data from the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme, Wales 2013-2014. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/1c5cf317-2f03-4fef-b060-9eccbb4d9c21

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

web address

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9619-1320

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