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Aquatic macrophyte transect data for the River Lambourn at Boxford 2009 to 2014
The dataset contains results from surveys recording the cover and area of aquatic macrophytes at four transects on the River Lambourn, collected monthly between March 11 2009 and September 30 2014. The River Lambourn is a tributary of the River Thames, the principal river in the south-east of England. The CEH River Lambourn Observatory comprises a 600 m reach of river and 24 acres of associated water meadows at Boxford, Berkshire. The surveys were designed to provide an estimate of the area and cover of the three most common aquatic macrophytes and an estimate of the area of the wetted channel at four transects. The species recorded were Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseudofluitans (with Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseudofluitans x Ranunculus peltatus hybrid also present), Callitriche platycarpa (with some Callitriche obtusanglia) and Berula erecta. The four transects were selected in order to represent a combination of shallow/fast flowing areas and deeper/slower flowing areas, as well as shaded and unshaded reaches. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/37f0ab37-78f1-4ca6-b51f-950e43977b16
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- Date (Publication)
- 2016-09-16
- Date (Creation)
- 2014-09-30
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- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/37f0ab37-78f1-4ca6-b51f-950e43977b16
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- doi: / 10.5285/37f0ab37-78f1-4ca6-b51f-950e43977b16
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Scarlett, P.M., Old, G.H., Rameshwaran, P., Roberts, C. (2016). Aquatic macrophyte transect data for the River Lambourn at Boxford 2009 to 2014. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/37f0ab37-78f1-4ca6-b51f-950e43977b16
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Scarlett, P.
Point of contact Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Scarlett, P.M. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Old, G.H.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Rameshwaran, P. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Roberts, C.
Author NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner
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- Water quality
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Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseudofluitans
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© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Scarlett, P.M., Old, G.H., Rameshwaran, P., Roberts, C. (2016). Aquatic macrophyte transect data for the River Lambourn at Boxford 2009 to 2014. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/37f0ab37-78f1-4ca6-b51f-950e43977b16
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- English
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- Inland waters
- Begin date
- 2009-03-11
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- 2014-09-30
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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/sd/37f0ab37-78f1-4ca6-b51f-950e43977b16.zip Supporting information
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/37f0ab37-78f1-4ca6-b51f-950e43977b16 Download the data
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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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The surveys were designed to provide an estimate of the area and cover of the three most common aquatic macrophytes at four transects along the River Lambourn at Boxford. The species recorded were Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseudofluitans (with Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseudofluitans x Ranunculus peltatus hybrid also present), Callitriche platycarpa (with some Callitriche obtusanglia) and Berula erecta. The Ranunculus and Callitriche species were not identified to species level as this is frequently impossible without flowering material and because the study was more concerned with the quantitative characteristics of the aquatic macrophytes. The surveys were conducted monthly from March 2009 until October 2014 with one occurrence of missing data due to high flow which prevented accurate (and safe) surveying. When possible the surveys were timed to coincide with monthly hydraulic surveys reported elsewhere. The surveys were carried out at four transects distributed along the length of the CEH River Lambourn Observatory. These were selected in order to represent a combination of shallow/fast flowing areas and deeper/slower flowing areas, as well as shaded and unshaded reaches. At sites one to three the channel width is approximately 10m, but at the downstream site the width is nearer to 14m.
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- 37f0ab37-78f1-4ca6-b51f-950e43977b16 XML
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- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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- 2025-11-13T16:25:26
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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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