BGS Hosted Metadata
Chemical contaminants and shell index values for gannet eggs
This dataset gives concentrations of chemical contaminants in the contents of eggs collected from colonies of the northern gannet, Morus bassanus, in the United Kingdom. The majority of eggs analysed are from colonies on Ailsa Craig (Firth of Clyde) and Bass Rock (Firth of Forth) and have been collected since 1971. The study examined 658 eggs collected between 1971 and 2009. Eggs analysed by the PBMS are collected by licensed collectors. Contaminants measured include organochlorine pesticides, total mercury, total PCBs and, for recent years, individual PCB congeners. The PBMS is a long-term, national monitoring scheme that quantifies the concentrations of contaminants in the livers and eggs of selected species of predatory and fish-eating birds in Britain. Levels of contaminants are monitored to determine variations between species and regions, changes over time and effects on individual birds and their populations. The Scheme is funded by CEH, Natural England, the Environment Agency (EA) and the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/2ddf56e5-fbcd-48a3-b4a5-fe2a7d5c90a4
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- Date (Publication)
- 2012-02-16
- Date (Revision)
- 2011-09-22
- Citation identifier
- CEH:EIDC: / 1318940780599
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/2ddf56e5-fbcd-48a3-b4a5-fe2a7d5c90a4
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/2ddf56e5-fbcd-48a3-b4a5-fe2a7d5c90a4
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Crosse, J.D., Shore, R.F., Jones, K.C., Pereira, M.G. (2012). Chemical contaminants and shell index values for gannet eggs. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/2ddf56e5-fbcd-48a3-b4a5-fe2a7d5c90a4
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Walker, L.
Point of contact Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Crosse, J.D.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Shore, R.F. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Jones, K.C.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Pereira, M.G.
Author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner
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- Annually
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Crosse, J.D., Shore, R.F., Jones, K.C., Pereira, M.G. (2012). Chemical contaminants and shell index values for gannet eggs. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/2ddf56e5-fbcd-48a3-b4a5-fe2a7d5c90a4
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- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Biota
- Environment
- Farming
- Begin date
- 1971-01-01
- End date
- 2009-12-31
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- Unique resource identifier
- 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
Distributor
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/2ddf56e5-fbcd-48a3-b4a5-fe2a7d5c90a4 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/2ddf56e5-fbcd-48a3-b4a5-fe2a7d5c90a4.zip Supporting documentation
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dataset
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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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Fresh eggs are collected by licenced egg collectors and are sent to the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS) at CEH Lancaster. The contents of the eggs are sampled and are 1) sent for analysis by the CEH Analytical facility and 2) retained for archive purposes. The biometric data (whole egg weight, length and breadth, etc) are entered by technician onto a MSAccess form which uploads directly to an Oracle database (managed internally by Computer Support). Chemistry batch files containing concentrations of pesticides in tissues are loaded directly into an Oracle database.
Metadata
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- 2ddf56e5-fbcd-48a3-b4a5-fe2a7d5c90a4 XML
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- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-03-21T13:34:34
- Metadata standard name
- 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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