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Biological characteristics, liver metal concentrations, habitat biogeochemistry and habitat contamination sources of UK otters (2006-2017)
The dataset details the biological characteristics and concentrations of toxic metals/semi-metals in liver tissue from 278 Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that died across England and Wales during the period 2006-2017. For each otter carcass, location (National Grid Reference) was recorded. These locations were used to collate data describing spatial variation in stream and soil biochemistry, weather, and potential anthropogenic sources of contaminants in the otter's habitat from a range of sources. This data was collected as part of the Cardiff University Otter Project. This project was supported in part by a grant from the Esme Fairbairn Foundation. The CEH contribution was supported the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCaPE programme delivering National Capability. This study contains model estimates of topsoil properties [Countryside Survey] and British Geological Survey data owned by © NERC as well as Ordnance Survey data owned by © Crown copyright and database right 2007. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0fbb2c90-5b54-427a-a083-55c022802a80
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- Date (Publication)
- 2019-10-21
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/0fbb2c90-5b54-427a-a083-55c022802a80
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- doi: / 10.5285/0fbb2c90-5b54-427a-a083-55c022802a80
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Brand, A., Chadwick, E.A., Shore, R.F. (2019). Biological characteristics, liver metal concentrations, habitat biogeochemistry and habitat contamination sources of UK otters (2006-2017). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/0fbb2c90-5b54-427a-a083-55c022802a80
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Cardiff Otter Project
Brand, A. Author Cardiff Otter Project
Chadwick, E.A. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Shore, R.F. Author Cardiff Otter Project
Brand, A. Point of contact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher
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Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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- Environmental survey
- Soil
- Pollution
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UK-SCAPE
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Eurasian otter
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European otter
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© Natural Environment Research Council
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© Cardiff University
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Brand, A., Chadwick, E.A., Shore, R.F. (2019). Biological characteristics, liver metal concentrations, habitat biogeochemistry and habitat contamination sources of UK otters (2006-2017). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/0fbb2c90-5b54-427a-a083-55c022802a80
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- Text, table
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- 20000 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Language
- English
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- UTF8
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 2006-01-01
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- 2017-12-31
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- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/0fbb2c90-5b54-427a-a083-55c022802a80 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/0fbb2c90-5b54-427a-a083-55c022802a80.zip Supporting information
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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
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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Carcasses from 278 Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra), sent in to Cardiff University Otter Project (www.cardiff.ac.uk/otter-project) between 2006 and 2017, were subjected to a detailed post-mortem examination. This examination included the documentation of phenotypic characteristics (e.g. sex, length, weight, age class) and the collection of liver tissue samples. Liver tissue samples were acid digested after which toxic metals/semi-metals were quantified using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in Lancaster. For each otter carcass, location (National Grid Reference) and date of collection was recorded. Otter locations were used as the centre of 20-km-diameter circles that were assumed to be the otter's habitat range. For each 20-km-diameter circle, data describing spatial variation in habitat biogeochemistry and habitat contamination sources was collated from a range of sources. Geological and anthropogenic variables were summarised either as mean values (soil elements, soil pH, sediment elements, stream pH, rainfall, silver nanoparticle concentrations in surface water, human population density) or sum values (number of consented discharges to controlled waters, annual mass inputs of metals to controlled waters).
Metadata
- File identifier
- 0fbb2c90-5b54-427a-a083-55c022802a80 XML
- Metadata language
- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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- 2025-11-13T16:17:17
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- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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