5f988cd4-479d-4e35-8835-42f80ebc1698 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 2026-01-30T08:46:31 UK GEMINI 2.3 GB place names Faecal indicator data from 54 lakes in Greater Glasgow, Cumbria, and Norfolk, UK, 2016-2017 2023-05-24 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/5f988cd4-479d-4e35-8835-42f80ebc1698 10.5285/5f988cd4-479d-4e35-8835-42f80ebc1698 doi: Pattison, Z., Quilliam, R.S., Oliver, D., Willby, N.J. (2023). Faecal indicator data from 54 lakes in Greater Glasgow, Cumbria, and Norfolk, UK, 2016-2017. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/5f988cd4-479d-4e35-8835-42f80ebc1698 This dataset contains information about water quality based on faecal indicators at eighteen lakes in each of three lake districts: - Greater Glasgow conurbation, Scotland - Cumbria, NW England - Norfolk, E England. Lakes were sampled once in each of three seasons (spring, summer and autumn) in either 2016 (Norfolk) or 2017 (Cumbria and Greater Glasgow) with faecal indicators being quantified at three discrete sampling stations in each lake (>50m apart) and at three points at each station (i.e. nine samples per lake per sampling date). Faecal indicators were quantified based on standard dilution, membrane filtration and incubation, followed by colony counting. The data were collected to investigate the fine scale connectivity between Faecal Indicator Organisms (FIO) densities within water bodies and diffuse and point source inputs from the adjacent catchment and from biological vectors. They also provide an indication of the relative sources of variation in reported concentrations that is relevant for environmental regulatory purposes. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council grant NE/N006437/1 (Hydroscape: connectivity x stressor interactions in freshwater habitats). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/5f988cd4-479d-4e35-8835-42f80ebc1698 NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Pattison, Z. University of Newcastle Zarah.pattison@newcastle.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5243-0876 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Quilliam, R.S. University of Stirling richard.quilliam@stir.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7020-4410 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Oliver, D. University of Stirling david.oliver@stir.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6200-562X ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Willby, N.J. University of Stirling n.j.willby@stir.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1020-0933 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Willby, N.J. University of Stirling n.j.willby@stir.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1020-0933 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information pointOfContact University of Stirling n.j.willby@stir.ac.uk owner notPlanned Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication microbiology water quality human health GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Water quality Connectivity spatial variation faecal indicators Human health Rural-urban otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Pattison, Z., Quilliam, R.S., Oliver, D., Willby, N.J. (2023). Faecal indicator data from 54 lakes in Greater Glasgow, Cumbria, and Norfolk, UK, 2016-2017. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/5f988cd4-479d-4e35-8835-42f80ebc1698 textTable 5 English utf8 environment health 2016-06-01 2017-11-30 -4.636 1.939 52.117 56.032 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/5f988cd4-479d-4e35-8835-42f80ebc1698 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/5f988cd4-479d-4e35-8835-42f80ebc1698.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 Sub-surface water samples obtained from multiple discrete points within 18 water bodies in each of three lake districts via wading and shore-based sampling. Standard water body characteristics (area, elevation, perimeter etc) are available from the UK Lakes Portal (https://uklakes.ceh.ac.uk/). Water samples for microbial analysis were stored at 4 degrees C and processed within six hours of collection. 100ml samples at three dilutions were filtered through 0.45-um membrane filters, placed onto the surface of Membrane Lactose Glucoronide Agar (MLGA agar). Plates were incubated at 37 degrees C and counted after 24 hours. Counts are reported as number of Colony Forming Units (CFU) per 100 ml water. Data limitations: spatial sampling points within each water body were established with a handheld GPS with typical accuracy of +/- 3-5m. Concentrations of Faecal Indicator Organisms (FIOs), especially in water, are highly spatially and temporally variable over short distances and time scales. The data therefore provide a near instantaneous picture of the spatial variation in FIO concentrations within a water body at a given time. The data are suitable for an assessment of relative sources of variation in FIO concentrations (i.e. within sample location, between sample location, between site, between district and between season). Data were added to an Excel spreadsheet and exported as .csv files for deposit into the EIDC.