AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Eco-physiological responses in oak and hazel, Alice Holt Forest, Hampshire, UK, July 2023

This dataset contains information about photosynthesis and gas exchange from tree species in Alice Holt Forest, Hampshire, UK. Data were collected between 18th-20th July 2023, alongside other observations examining the forest canopy structure and photosynthesis. Leaves were sampled across one hazel tree within the understory, and two oak trees. Data from the oak trees were collected with height, using a 12 m tower (six 2 m platforms), with leaves sampled across three platforms. The photosynthesis parameters were collected using a Handy PEA+ continuous excitation chlorophyll fluorimeter and gas exchange data were collected using a LI-COR 6400. This research was funded by UKRI NERC as part of the SPLICE project (NE/W006596/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/40365cee-fda6-402f-9839-c206463dbe7d

Tags: Alice Holt Forest, Ecophysiology, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Gas exchange, Photosynthesis
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
The Isle of May long-term study (IMLOTS) seabird annual breeding success 1982-2021

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. This dataset contains calculated breeding success rates for six seabird species from representative colonies on the Isle of May, off the East coast of Scotland. Annual breeding success has been measured as the number of chicks fledged per active nest for the Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica, since 1982), common guillemot (Uria aalge, since 1982), razorbill (Alca torda, since 1982), European shag (Gulosus aristotelis, since 1987), black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla, since 1987) and northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis, since 1987). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/3bf9b65d-727c-4b46-9db6-c0814dc5895f

Tags: Atlantic puffin, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, European shag, Long-term data, UK-SCAPE, black-legged kittiwake, breeding success, common guillemot, northern fulmar, razorbill
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Bending strains on the trunks of trees on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, 2022

This dataset contains time-series measurements of trees bending in the wind. The data was collected in 2022 in Barro Colorado Island, Panama. 105 trees were measured, with two sensors per tree recording bending strains at 4 Hz. This data was collected for the purpose of estimating the risk of wind damage to these trees. It could also be used to estimate the fundamental sway frequencies of the trees, and how they change over time, which varies with leaf phenology and tree water content. There are lots of short data gaps due to transmission issues in the forest. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f03806fa-3596-4119-90c5-70254f39cfc0

Tags: Bending strain, Tree mortality
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Land Cover Map 1990 (1km dominant aggregate class, N. Ireland)

This dataset consists of the 1km raster, dominant aggregate class version of the Land Cover Map 1990 (LCM1990) for Northern Ireland. The 1km dominant coverage product is based on the 1km percentage product and reports the aggregated habitat class with the highest percentage cover for each 1km pixel. The 10 aggregate classes are groupings of the 21 target classes, which are based on the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats, which encompass the entire range of UK habitats. The aggregate classes group some of the more specialised classes into more general categories. For example, the five coastal classes in the target class are grouped into a single aggregate coastal class. This dataset is derived from the vector version of the Land Cover Map, which contains individual parcels of land cover and is the highest available spatial resolution. LCM1990 is a land cover map of the UK which was produced at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology by classifying satellite images (mainly from 1989 and 1990) into 21 Broad Habitat-based classes. It is the first in a series of land cover maps for the UK, which also includes maps for 2000, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019. LCM1990 consists of a range of raster and vector products and users should familiarise themselves with the full range (see related records, the UK CEH web site and the LCM1990 Dataset documentation) to select the product most suited to their needs. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/380f49e5-9448-4d26-b832-fe176d3a1978

Tags: Land Cover, UK-SCAPE
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Genome size, phenotype and population location data for British native eyebrights (Euphrasia)

This dataset includes information on native eyebright plants (Euphrasia, Orobanchaceae) studied and measured at a range of sites across Britain and Ireland, with a special sampling focus on Fair Isle (Shetland, Scotland). Attributes measured are location information (Euphrasia species, coordinates and population description), individual plant trait data (including measures of floral and vegetative traits) and genome sizes. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0a77d3b5-03ce-4a14-ab2d-acc4aa7bd0ef

Tags: Euphrasia, Fair Isle, Species Distribution, genome size, plant, species differences
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Acoustic monitoring data from woodland, grassland and rewilding sites in Scotland and England, 2021-2022

This data gives acoustic index values for recordings collected in 60 broadleaved woodland restoration sites in Central Scotland (n=30) and the English Midlands (n=30), as well as 18 grassland sites in southern England. Additionally, there are recordings from 6 wildcard sites, made up of ancient woodlands (2 in Scotland and 2 in England) and rewilding sites (2 in England). There were three deployments of acoustic recorders between July 2021 and April 2022. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/33b6dea2-94c5-4e33-a1b3-9a6bd1c8776a

Tags: broadleaved woodland, ecoacoustics, soundscape ecology, woodland creation
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Luminescence signals and estimates of dose rate from sediment cores, Lake Suigetsu, Japan

This dataset contains information about the luminescence signals measured from the Lake Suigetsu sediment cores across four time periods: the last 500 years (537 to -47 cal BP), the Laschamp geomagnetic excursion (44,828 to 35,550 cal BP), the limit of varves (73,130 to 69,413 yr BP) and glacial termination I (139,499 to 118,001 yr BP). Sampling intervals varied between time periods (see supporting documentation for more information). The luminescence signals were quantified using Portable Optically Stimulated Luminescence (POSL) analysis of bulk sediment using blue light and infrared exposures, and laboratory profiling analysis of prepared quartz fine fractions (using blue light exposures) and polymineral fine fractions (using blue light and infrared exposures). This data was collected to determine if these methods could be used to detect past catchment environmental change. Alongside this dataset, we estimated dose rate at six points across the four time periods studied using elemental concentrations. This data was collected to see if the luminescence signals measured from the Lake Suigetsu cores could be used to determine burial age. The work was supported by the NERC IAPETUS2 Doctoral Training Partnership. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/73ee6512-a7c6-464c-bae0-38862ab8b87a

Tags: Core profiling, Japan, Luminescence, Sediment core
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Charcoal concentrations from radiocarbon-dated lake sediments in the Brazilian Pantanal

Data include four charcoal concentration datasets derived from radiocarbon-dated lake sediments in the Brazilian Pantanal, from which regional fire histories can be inferred over the last few millennia. Each dataset provides raw counts of charcoal fragments > 125 um calculated per cubic centimetre of sediment. Samples measuring 0.5 to 1.5 cc were analysed at each 1-cm depth. Contained within each data sheet are radiocarbon dates for several horizons in the lake sediment for the derivation of age-depth models for a chronological framework for each record. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/56915f15-46b5-4693-8737-28c985f27f80

Tags: Fire history, Palaeoenvironmental change, Palaeofire, Pantanal
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
A taxonomic, genetic and ecological data resource for the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland

The dataset contains a current inventory of vascular plant species and their attributes present in the flora of Britain and Ireland. The species list is based on the most recent key to the flora of Britain and Ireland, with taxon names linked to unique Kew taxon identifiers and the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, and includes both native and non-native species. Attribute data stem from a variety of sources to give an overview of the current state of the vascular flora. Attributes include functional traits, distribution and ecologically relevant data (e.g. genome size, chromosome numbers, spatial distribution, growth form, hybridization metrics and native/non-native status). The data include previously unpublished genome size measurements, chromosome counts and CSR life strategy assessments. The database aims to provide an up-to-date starting point for flora-wide analyses. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9f097d82-7560-4ed2-af13-604a9110cf6d

Tags: Britain, CSR strategy, DNA barcodes, Ellenberg, Ireland, Raunkiaer, Species Distribution, alien, biome, chromosome counts, distribution, ecological attributes, functional traits, genome size, life-form, native, vascular plants
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Indicators of stress in three-spined stickleback fish from downstream of wastewater treatment works in the north west of England

These data were collected from three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) sampled at sites downstream of wastewater treatment works (WWTWs), and at sites with no identifiable WWTW input, in the north west of England. For fish captured at each site, data include fish characteristics (weight, length, condition factor and sex). Additionally, indicators of stress (whole-body concentrations of cortisol, cortisol released to water, and whole-body glucose concentrations) were quantified in order to assess the status of the stress axis in individuals immediately following capture (unstressed - baseline cortisol and glucose) and after a short period of confinement (stressed - elevated cortisol and glucose). The data were collected as part of a study conducted to evaluate whether the complex chemical milieu present in rivers downstream of WWTWs, one of the most abundant point-sources of aquatic pollutants in UK waters, can affect the functioning of the stress axis in fish. Sampling was conducted during 2011, 2013 and 2014 by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/87281ce8-6fb3-40c8-89de-0c476d84b110

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Denitrification rates of saltmarshes in six estuaries in England, September-November 2024

We surveyed two salt marshes in each of six estuaries (Solway, Morecambe Bay, Ribble, Humber, Blackwater, Chichester) between September and November 2024 to characterise national differences in denitrification rates and their relationship with potential drivers. A key ecosystem service in coastal systems is the remediation of nutrient pollution through sediment burial, vegetative uptake and microbial processing. Denitrification is a facultative anaerobic process where microbial activity transforms nitrate (NO3-), which in high concentrations can be environmentally harmful, into the environmentally benign dinitrogen gas (N2). Denitrification's magnitude is considered particularly important in saltmarsh systems compared to other habitats, although an intermediate product, nitrous oxide (N2O), can also be given off and contribute to climate change. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/26efc506-a265-4bb1-8296-d6988ab8d714

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Motion-activated camera trap images from the ECN Cairngorm long-term monitoring site, 2010-2022

Motion activated camera traps were installed in pine woodland and regenerating heathland from 2010 as part of UK Environmental Change Network long-term monitoring in the Allt a'Mharcaidh catchment, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland. The image catalogue contains 8050 wildlife images identified to species or group where possible. This forms part of the accompanying dataset which includes information on over 66,000 classified images, recording the presence of blank (empty) images, wildlife, people, dogs and mountain bikes. Furthermore it includes group identification where a series of images occur within five minutes of each other. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b0c13df5-f606-4bf2-9397-a9c51a7e8d93

Tags: Allt a'Mharcaidh, Artificial intelligence, Camera trap, ECN, Environmental Change Network, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Images, Motion activated, Object detection
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Gridded flood frequency estimates for Kerala, India

This is a set of six ASCII grids describing the peak flood event for six return periods (2-100 years) at each point of the river network in the state of Kerala, India. Estimates were derived in a similar way to the Flood Estimation Handbook* approach. The data is measured in cubic metres per second, and is given on an unprojected resolution of 15 arc-seconds per grid cell. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council as part of the LAWIS programme delivering National Capability. * (Flood Estimation Handbook. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, 1999, ISBN: 9781906698003) Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/cba9f9db-4706-4f1e-aaf4-fd7769e00db0

Tags: Flood frequency, HydroSHEDS, LAWIS, Land Air Water International Science, Peak daily river flow, QMED, UN FAO Harmonised World Soil Database, lasso (least absolute shrinkage and selection oper, lmomRFA
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Ozone effects in high sugar grass pasture

Data includes raw shoot biomass and yield, production and gas exchange, nodulation and N-fixation and forage quality data, including relative and consumable food values. The impacts of ozone on the growth and functioning of high-sugar ryegrass pasture mesocosms was assessed in year 2013. Pasture mesocosms, containing perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L) and white clover (Trifolium repens L), were grown in the early spring and exposed to ozone in solardomes from late April 2013 to the end of September 2013. Ozone (30, 35, 40, 45, 52, 67 parts per billion (ppb) treatment means) had a large effect on the pasture mesocosms. The work was carried out as part of a NERC funded PhD. Project number NEC04456. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e0bcdc39-ab79-413c-bf76-d6ffbc510f15

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Solar Domes, Solardomes
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Physical and biogeochemical measurements of belowground biomass and carbon content from Scottish salt marshes, 2021

The dataset comprises of physical and biogeochemical measurements of belowground (root) biomass from across four Scottish saltmarshes. Sites were chosen to represent contrasting habitats types in Scotland, in particular sediment types, vegetation and sea level history. The data provide a quantitative measure of belowground (root) biomass, organic carbon content and belowground (root) carbon. Samples were collected using a wide gauge gouge corer. The samples were processed to determine belowground (root) biomass, the organic carbon was quantified through elemental analysis and these two data sets were combined to calculate the belowground (root) carbon content. The data were collected to help create a detailed picture of saltmarsh carbon storage in surficial soils across Scotland. The work was carried out under the NERC programme - Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environment (C-SIDE), NERC grant reference NE/R010846/1 Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/032627e0-5780-4601-b9b3-e684403cee70

Tags: C-SIDE, Habitats and Biotopes, Scotland, United Kingdom, coastal, wetland
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Vegetation survey of Brachypodium pinnatum herbicide control trials at the Martin Down National Nature Reserve (2012-2015)

Vegetation data from botanical field survey of trials of selective herbicide impacts on tor-grass (Brachypodium pinnatum s.l.) control at Martin Down NNR, England. The data relate to 50 cm × 50 cm quadrats placed in herbicide treated and control plots in a replicated experiment, including a baseline (pre-treatment) survey in 2012 and three surveys after repeat treatments in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Data include percentage cover of plant species, bare ground and plant groups (total grasses, total forbs) as well as data on plant indictor status and Ellenberg N value. The data cover areas of both sparse B .pinnatum cover, with the goal of preventing B. pinnatum from increasing to dominance, and dense B .pinnatum cover, with the goal of reducing B. pinnatum cover to a level which allowed the reestablishment of other calcareous grassland species. Data have been used to analyse herbicide impacts on the cover of target species B. pinnatum and non-target species groups (other grasses, forbs, positive indicators, negative indicators, arable indicators), as well as community level analyses (Ellenberg-N weighted cover, DCA). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/43095c2d-b959-4216-8362-0fb18deed1e6

Tags: Cycloxydim, Ellenberg N, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Fluazifop-P-butyl, Propaquizafop, Propyzamide, Tepraloxydim, Tor grass, glyphosate
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Soil invertebrate data 1998 [Countryside Survey]

This dataset consists of invertebrate (soil mesofauna) counts from soils sampled across Great Britain in 1998. The Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, with repeated visits to the majority of squares. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. In addition to soil data, habitat areas, vegetation species data, linear habitat data, and freshwater habitat data are also gathered by Countryside Survey. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f3e71ba6-bfd7-4841-9ce4-fd1f0d590d2d

Tags: Collembola, Great Britain, Mites, Soil, Soil mesofauna
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Areas affected by landslides following Typhoon Mangkhut in Itogon, Philippines, September 2018

This dataset contains the areas affected by landslides triggered by Typhoon Mangkhut in the area of Itogon (Benguet, Philippines) between the 13th and 15th of September 2018. The polygons were mapped using very high-resolution satellite imagery from before and after the typhoon. The pre-typhoon images were captured on 18/02/2018 and the post-typhoon images were captured on 02/03/2019 using the World-View 2 satellite. Google Earth imagery was also used as a supplementary source. The study area covers 570 km2. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/32765a61-8510-4dfc-b7c7-58bad12f8497

Tags: Itogon, Typhoon Mangkhut, debris flow
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Peatland distribution maps for lowland Peruvian Amazonia, 2022

Spatial datasets of predicted land cover, peatland extent, peat thickness and peatland carbon storage for the Lowland Peruvian Amazon. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/db3de2d7-b094-4d15-a40b-edb618ede889

Tags: Peru, Random Forest, Regression
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Long-term multisite Scots pine trial, Scotland: nursery phenotypes, 2007-2011

Phenotypes (growth, phenology and form) for Scots pine trees in a long-term common garden trial grown in three nurseries in Scotland and surveyed from 2007 to 2011. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/29ced467-8e03-4132-83b9-dc2aa50537cd

Tags: Adaptive trait variation, Caledonian pinewood, Common garden experiment, Growth, Habitats and Biotopes, Phenotype, Pinus sylvestris, Scots pine, Tree form
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Income source and quantity data from communities in the Katakwi District, Uganda, 2018

This dataset is a product of the raw HEA (Household Economy Approach) data that were collected in sixteen communities in the Katakwi district, and the raw IHM (Individual Household Method) data that was collected with 42 households in the community of Anyangabella, and 51 households in the community of Kaikamosing. These data were collected in 2018, and consist of multiple aspects of household and individual income sources and expenditure in the Katakwi District. The data were collected to support the analysis of vulnerability levels to further support livelihood impact modelling, and the development of targeted policies to support resilience at household and community level. The data collection team comprised of local, Ugandan partners. All data were collected in the local language and translated into English. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e736e22c-f409-49ee-930d-a415ade89e79

Tags: Livelihoods
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre