bf48a9a3-7370-4114-9c40-60af57a0c8bc 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 2026-02-06T14:02:44 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Freshwater pond quality data 2007 [Countryside Survey] 2016-03-15 publication 2007-11-01 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/bf48a9a3-7370-4114-9c40-60af57a0c8bc 10.5285/bf48a9a3-7370-4114-9c40-60af57a0c8bc doi: Williams, P., Biggs, J., Crowe, A., Murphy, J., Nicolet, P., Weatherby, A., Dunbar, M. (2016). Freshwater pond quality data 2007 [Countryside Survey]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/bf48a9a3-7370-4114-9c40-60af57a0c8bc [THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. This dataset consists of freshwater pond quality data for sites across Great Britain in 2007. Data include macrophyte species records, chemistry and water quality, and environmental variables such as pollution, grazing and management, from ponds surveyed within a set of 591 1km squares across Great Britain (note - not all squares contained ponds). The survey was part of Countryside Survey, a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside, and was carried out by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and Pond Conservation. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. 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 freshwater habitat data, habitat areas, vegetation species data, soil data and linear habitat data are also gathered by Countryside Survey. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/bf48a9a3-7370-4114-9c40-60af57a0c8bc Edwards, F. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Williams, P. Pond Conservation enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Biggs, J. Pond Conservation enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Crowe, A. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Murphy, J. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Nicolet, P. Pond Conservation enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Weatherby, A. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Dunbar, M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner notPlanned Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication pond GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Environmental survey Countryside survey otherRestrictions Superseded otherRestrictions Licence terms and conditions apply otherRestrictions The following acknowledgement shall be used on all copies of the data, publications and reports, including use in presentations to any audience. 'Countryside Survey data owned by NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology' otherRestrictions © Database Right/Copyright UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. All rights reserved. otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Williams, P., Biggs, J., Crowe, A., Murphy, J., Nicolet, P., Weatherby, A., Dunbar, M. (2016). Freshwater pond quality data 2007 [Countryside Survey]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/bf48a9a3-7370-4114-9c40-60af57a0c8bc textTable English utf8 inlandWaters environment 2007-05-01 2007-11-01 -8.648 1.768 49.864 60.861 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/bf48a9a3-7370-4114-9c40-60af57a0c8bc.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 The data were recorded on paper in the summer of 2007 by professional surveyors and transferred to digital files by Pond Conservation staff. Chemical analyses were undertaken by UKAS accredited laboratories at CEH Lancaster. Data were recorded from 591 1km squares sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample.