Environmental and location data for Malaise trap samples in the leakage belt of the Gola Rainforest National Park, Sierra Leone, November to December 2021

This dataset contains information about the locations and local environmental conditions of 123 Malaise trap samples collected in November-December 2021 in the 908 km2 forested ‘leakage belt’ buffer zone of the Gola Rainforest National Park (GRNP) in eastern Sierra Leone, where cocoa, a driver of deforestation, is the main cash crop. Each trap was set out for five days with >99% ethanol. The samples were transported from Sierra Leone to the UK, where they have been sent for metabarcoding for arthropods (using Leray2 PCR primers). The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (Grant NE/S014063/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/161315e4-71c1-481d-906c-149ab2e9705c

Date (Publication): 2023-02-06

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/161315e4-71c1-481d-906c-149ab2e9705c

Citation identifier: doi: / 10.5285/161315e4-71c1-481d-906c-149ab2e9705c

Other citation details: Yu, D.W. (2023). Environmental and location data for Malaise trap samples in the leakage belt of the Gola Rainforest National Park, Sierra Leone, November to December 2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/161315e4-71c1-481d-906c-149ab2e9705c

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
University of East Anglia	Yu, D.W.	douglas.yu@uea.ac.uk	Author
University of East Anglia		douglas.yu@uea.ac.uk	Owner
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Publisher
University of East Anglia	Yu, D.W.	douglas.yu@uea.ac.uk	Point of contact

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Modelling
West Africa
metabarcoding
environmental DNA
metagenomics
biodiversity indices
systematic conservation planning
machine learning
cocoa
joint species distribution modelling

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Yu, D.W. (2023). Environmental and location data for Malaise trap samples in the leakage belt of the Gola Rainforest National Park, Sierra Leone, November to December 2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/161315e4-71c1-481d-906c-149ab2e9705c

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Language: English

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Environment

Begin date: 2021-11-01

End date: 2021-12-31

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Title: 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: This file came into being from handwritten field datasheets from when we set out the Malaise traps. To ensure accurate recording and labelling of samples, all handwritten field sheets were transcribed to a spreadsheet on the day of collection, while sites were still fresh in the memory, and samples were clearly and multiply labelled before handing over to the sequencing service.

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Date stamp: 2025-11-21T10:06:23

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Point of contact

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