Standing Waters Sample Points
The Standing Waters Sample Points dataset is a GIS dataset of survey sample locations used during the course of the Scottish Loch Survey Project. The statutory nature conservation agencies in Scotland, England and Wales have a long history of carrying out routine aquatic plant (macrophyte) surveys of lakes. This involves identifying and estimating the abundance of emergent, submerged, floating leaved, and free-floating macrophytes that grow in or near the water. The results of these surveys are held in the Standing Waters Database which is available to view on the SNH website. (http://gateway.snh.gov.uk/pls/apex_cagdb2/f?p=111:1000:1289803086875801).
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Citation proposal
Scottish Natural Heritage. Standing Waters Sample Points. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/85c6fac8-5a6b-4d71-b089-5669b9caccee |
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- Date ( Creation )
- 2012-11-13
- Identifier
- http://www.snh.gov.uk / SWSP
Distributor
- Website
- SNH website
Custodian
Scottish Natural Heritage
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(Policy & Advice Officer / Advisory Officer, Freshwater )
Silvan House, 231 Corstorphine Road
Edinburgh
EH12 7AT
Scotland
- Maintenance and update frequency
- notPlanned Not planned
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
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- Species distribution
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- The Standing Waters Sample Points dataset is a Free to Use dataset.
- Use limitation
- no limitations
- Distance
- 20 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Metadata language
- eng English
- Topic category
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- Environment
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- Reference system identifier
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
- Distribution format
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- SHP (3.2 )
- KML (2.1 )
- GML (3.1.1 )
- OnLine resource
- SNH Natural Spaces website
- OnLine resource
- Standing Waters Database
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Statement
- The Standing Waters database contains macrophyte species lists for each surveyed lake; mainly vascular plants, but also charophytes and filamentous algae. At each lake, macrophytes were recorded on a DAFOR scale of abundance (dominant, abundant, frequent, occasional or rare), and sketch maps were drawn to show the distribution of macrophytes around the lake. (These sketch maps are stored within the database as PDF files.) Surveyors also took a water sample providing water chemistry data for pH, alkalinity and conductivity. Other details such as surface area, altitude and links to designated site information are also provided. Using this dataset, a classification of British lakes has also been developed, based upon the composition of their macrophyte communities. Eleven distinct lake groups (A-J) have been identified, and full descriptions of these are available on the Lake Group page (http://gateway.snh.gov.uk/pls/apex_cagdb2/f?p=111:1110:314922960843353) The Standing Waters Sample Points dataset are x,y co-ordinates representing individual survey locations.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 85c6fac8-5a6b-4d71-b089-5669b9caccee XML
- Metadata language
- eng English
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2016-10-04
- Metadata standard name
- ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0