05cae9ae-86c4-4a2f-a628-6c7fd0882459 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:17:17 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Oribatid mites 1998 [Countryside Survey] 2018-05-09 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/05cae9ae-86c4-4a2f-a628-6c7fd0882459 10.5285/05cae9ae-86c4-4a2f-a628-6c7fd0882459 doi: Keith, A.M., Monson, F.D., Chaplow, J.S., Black, H.I.J., Self, P., Rollett, A., Wood, C.M. (2018). Oribatid mites 1998 [Countryside Survey] . NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/05cae9ae-86c4-4a2f-a628-6c7fd0882459 This dataset consists of oribatid mite species records (a component of the soil mesofauna), extracted from soils sampled across Great Britain in 1998, as part of the Countryside Survey monitoring programme. The Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, with repeated visits to the majority of squares. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. In addition to soil data, habitat areas, vegetation species data, linear habitat data, and freshwater habitat data are also gathered by Countryside Survey. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/05cae9ae-86c4-4a2f-a628-6c7fd0882459 Keith, A.M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9619-1320 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Monson, F.D. World Museum (Entomology Department) enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Chaplow, J.S. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8058-8697 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Black, H.I.J. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Self, P. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Rollett, A. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Wood, C.M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0394-2998 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Keith, A.M. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian notPlanned Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Soil Biodiversity Great Britain Countryside Survey soil mesofauna oribatid mites Acari otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © Database Right/Copyright UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. All rights reserved. otherRestrictions All use of CS data must be acknowledged. The following acknowledgement and copyright notice (where applicable), shall be used on all copies of the data, publications and reports, including use in presentations to any audience. Acknowledgement: Countryside Survey data owned by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Keith, A.M., Monson, F.D., Chaplow, J.S., Black, H.I.J., Self, P., Rollett, A., Wood, C.M. (2018). Oribatid mites 1998 [Countryside Survey] . NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/05cae9ae-86c4-4a2f-a628-6c7fd0882459 textTable English utf8 biota 1998-05-01 1999-11-30 -8.648 1.768 49.864 60.861 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/datastore/eidchub/05cae9ae-86c4-4a2f-a628-6c7fd0882459 Download the data Download a copy of this data fileAccess https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/05cae9ae-86c4-4a2f-a628-6c7fd0882459.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset 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 2010-12-08 Soil samples were collected in the summers of 1998 and 1999 by trained field surveyors. Data were recorded from up to 256 1km squares sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample. Samples were analysed according to standardized protocols at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Merlewood in 1998-2000, with subsequent additional work undertaken by F. Monson and A. Keith. Data are managed by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.