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KiEco Freshwater Ecology: River Macroinvertebrates - Geospatial

Publisher
Natural Resources Wales
Updated
17 September 2026
Topic
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Licence
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Summary

Freshwater macroinvertebrates are used as an indicator of water quality and river flow requirements due to the relative immobility and abundance.

This dataset contains site, sample, metric and taxa information from freshwater river macroinvertebrate surveys carried out across Wales by Natural Resources Wales and former Environment Agency Wales since 1978 and onwards. These surveys are conducted as part of on-going monitoring of river water quality for legislative requirements and to meet business drivers.

A version of this data is available in a Darwin Core format, please see NRW_DS122460 for more information.

Data links

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WMS – 17/9/2026

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
17 September 2026
Harvest GUID
NRW_DS161278
Extent (Latitude)
53.427° to 51.384°
Extent (Longitude)
-5.311° to -2.647°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2026-09-15
Frequency of update
weekly
Access constraints
There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
Responsible party
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) (owner, custodian, originator, distributor); Environment Agency (EA) (originator)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng