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Field measurements of alkalinity, chloride-ion, conductivity, pH and nutrients in rivers (2003-2006) [LOCAR]

River water alkalinity, chloride-ion, conductivity, pH and nutrients data from the Frome Piddle; Pang Lambourn and Tern catchments, recorded between 2003 and 2006. River water samples were collected fortnightly at twenty three sites within these catchments and analysed for Alkalinity pH 4.5, Ammonia, Chloride-ion, Conductivity 20 deg C, Nitrate, pH, Phosphorus soluble reactive (SRP), Silicate reactive dissolved (SRD) and Sulphate. The samples were collected as part of the NERC funded Lowland Catchment Research (LOCAR) Programme to provide comparable baseline river water chemistry data across the LOCAR catchments. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/bb600a56-c9cf-4fca-b9be-be3de0039a79

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Date (Publication)
2015-11-05
Citation identifier
CEH:EIDC: / 1426780549603
Citation identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/bb600a56-c9cf-4fca-b9be-be3de0039a79
Citation identifier
doi: / 10.5285/bb600a56-c9cf-4fca-b9be-be3de0039a79
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Leach, D., Henville, P., Wyatt, R., Hewitt, E., Morrissey, I., Weller, J., Tindall, C.I., Bachiller-Jareno, N. (2015). Field measurements of alkalinity, chloride-ion, conductivity, pH and nutrients in rivers (2003-2006) [LOCAR]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/bb600a56-c9cf-4fca-b9be-be3de0039a79

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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Point of contact
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Leach, D.

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Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Henville, P.

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Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Wyatt, R.

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Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Hewitt, E.

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Author
University of Birmingham

Morrissey, I.

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Author
University of Birmingham

Weller, J.

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Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Tindall, C.I.

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Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Bachiller-Jareno, N.

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Author
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

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Custodian
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre

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Publisher
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
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Dataset completed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Environmental Monitoring Facilities

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3

  • ammonia
  • river water
  • chloride
  • conductivity
  • nutrient
  • nitrate
  • phosphorus
  • sulphate
Keywords
  • alkalinity
  • Lowland Catchment Research Programme (LOCAR)

  • The Lowland Catchment Research Programme

  • LOCAR

  • pH

  • silicate

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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Leach, D., Henville, P., Wyatt, R., Hewitt, E., Morrissey, I., Weller, J., Tindall, C.I., Bachiller-Jareno, N. (2015). Field measurements of alkalinity, chloride-ion, conductivity, pH and nutrients in rivers (2003-2006) [LOCAR]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/bb600a56-c9cf-4fca-b9be-be3de0039a79

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Language
English
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Topic category
  • Environment
Begin date
2003-11-06
End date
2006-06-14
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

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https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/bb600a56-c9cf-4fca-b9be-be3de0039a79.zip

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https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/bb600a56-c9cf-4fca-b9be-be3de0039a79

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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

A single sample from the main flow of the river was collected by the Catchment Service Team in that catchment and used to fill a number of bottles supplied by Thames Water Laboratory. Samples for pH and alkalinity readings were poured in a glass bottle. Samples for Phosphorus soluble reactive were filtered in the field. Unfiltered samples were used for the rest of determinands. Samples were then sent to Thames Water for analysis. They used the Seal discrete analyser to determine values for Alkalinity pH 4.5, Ammonia, Chloride-ion, Nitrate, Phosphorus soluble reactive (SRP), Silicate reactive dissolved (SRD) and Sulphate. pH and Conductivity probes were used for those two determinands. A duplicate and a QC sample were sent each week to Thames Water to compare results obtained by the laboratories. The data were quality controlled by Thames Water. A zip file containing box-and-whisker plots for each determinand, showing the range of values (median, inter-quartile range, 1.5 * inter-quartile range, outliers) recorded at each site is available to enable prospective users of the data to understand data quality.

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bb600a56-c9cf-4fca-b9be-be3de0039a79 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
8859 Part 1
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Dataset
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dataset

Date stamp
2025-11-13T16:26:14
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
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2.3

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

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Environmental Monitoring Facilities


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