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KiEco Freshwater Ecology: Lake Macro-invertebrates Taxa Data

Publisher
Natural Resources Wales
Updated
16 September 2026
Topic
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Licence
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Summary

Freshwater marco-invertebrates are used as an indicator of water quality requirements due to the relative immobility and abundance. This dataset is made up of the species abundance values from the freshwater lake macro-invertebrates surveys conducted across Wales by Natural Resources Wales and former Environment Agency Wales. These surveys are conducted as part of on-going monitoring of lake water quality for legislative requirements and to meet business drivers.

Only a redacted version of this data is available under the Open Government Licence and available for public use, see Limitations on Public Access and Use Constraints.

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
01 December 2025
Harvest GUID
NRW_DS122580
Extent (Latitude)
53.512067° to 51.240829°
Extent (Longitude)
-5.777741° to -2.608865°
Dataset reference date (creation)
2024-01-01
Dataset reference date (publication)
2025-09-02
Frequency of update
asNeeded
Access constraints
Part of this dataset is sensitive, and access may be restricted under relevant legislation. NRW may NOT publish or disseminate the sensitive data. Requests should be referred to NRW's Access to Information Officer. However, there are no access restrictions on non-sensitive data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate a redacted version of the data freely.
Responsible party
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) (owner, custodian, originator, distributor); Environment Agency Wales (EA Wales) (originator)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng