AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Field spectroscopy and leaf trait data from a field experiment in Surrey [HMTF]

The dataset comprises a range of leaf traits, measured from leaf samples collected from trees growing on deep alluvial soils and shallow chalk soils, near Mickleham in Surrey, UK. Across both sites, leaves were collected from 66 trees, representing six species. The six species common to both sites were: Acer campestre (field maple), Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore), Corylus avellana (hazel), Crataegus monogyna (hawthorn), Fraxinus excelsior (ash) and Sambucus nigra (elder). Data were collected under the NERC Human-modified Tropical Forests (HMTF) Programme by the University of Cambridge in 2015. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e24264f8-2821-4d6a-ad77-3688b2c69f24

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, NERC Human-modified tropical forests (HMTF)
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) macrofaunal abundance in mudflat and saltmarsh habitats

The dataset details macrofaunal abundance across 6 intertidal sites in the winter and summer of 2013. The data provide a quantitative measure of the invertebrate species present within the top 10cm of sediment. Three sites were located in Essex, South East England and the other 3 in Morecambe Bay, North West England. Each site consisted of a saltmarsh habitat and adjacent mudflat habitat. 22 sampling quadrats were placed in each habitat covering 4 spatial scales. 3 replicate cores of sediment were collected at each quadrat. They were sieved on a 0.5mm mesh and the macrofauna was removed, identified to species (or appropriate taxon) and individuals counted. Values for macrofaunal abundance are expressed as number of individuals per square metre of sediment. Abundance data for mudflat habitats across Essex and Morecambe are complete, however, saltmarsh data is only available for one full Essex site (Tillingham Marsh), in one season (winter) and across all sites, but only at the 1m scale. This data was collected as part of Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS): NE/J015644/1. The project was funded with support from the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (BESS) programme. BESS is a six-year programme (2011-2017) funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) as part of the UK's Living with Environmental Change (LWEC) programme. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d5317679-449f-4829-9caf-39973fe27c07

Tags: BESS, CBESS, Habitats and Biotopes, Macona balthica, macrofauna, season, spatial scale
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Water chemistry from the Red River Delta, Vietnam, 2018 to 2020

The dataset contains physical, chemical and biological measurements from the waters of 21 river sites across the Red River Delta in northern Vietnam. The data were collected monthly between February 2018 and January 2020. The parameters include temperature, dissolved oxygen, salinity, pH, turbidity, conductivity, total dissolved solids, dissolved nitrate, dissolved nitrite, dissolved ammonium, total nitrogen, dissolved phosphate, dissolved silicate, alkalinity, dissolved major ions (sodium, magnesium, potassium, calcium, chloride, sulphate) and a range of chlorophyll and carotenoid pigments from riverine seston. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/7e35e760-0ca2-4290-8970-464ead03055d

Tags: Ba Lat, Ba Tha, Cua Day, Do Muoi, Do Thong, Do bridge, Doan Vy bridge, Gian Khau, Hanoi, Hoa Binh, Mai Linh bridge, Nam Dinh, Non Nuoc bridge, Phung dam, Que bridge, Quyet Chien, Son Tay, Te Tieu bridge, Tropical rivers, Truc Phuong, Vu Quang, YEN BAI, algal pigments, water chemistry
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: species trends 2016

This dataset provides linear trends, over varying time periods, for the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS) Collated Indices of individual butterfly species across the UK. The main statistical values derived from a linear regression (slope, standard error, P-value) are presented for the entire time series for each species (1976 to 2016), for the last 20 years, and for the last decade. In addition a trend class, based on slope direction and its significance, and a percentage change for that time period are provided to describe the statistical trends. These trend data are provided for 59 UK butterfly species. Trends across different time series allow us to determine the long and short-term trends for individual species. This enables us to focus conservation and research and also to assess species responses to conservation already in place. The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) and Butterfly Conservation (BC) are responsible for the calculation and interpretation of the trend datasets. The collection of the underlying UKBMS data is reliant on a large volunteer community. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme is funded by a consortium of organisations led by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/5c5bbee4-fe39-40b2-a58b-16e05f994a74

Tags: Species Distribution
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Eddy covariance measurements of carbon dioxide, energy and water fluxes at a winter wheat field, Lincolnshire, UK, 2012

This dataset contains time series observations of surface-atmosphere exchanges of net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange (NEE), sensible heat (H) and latent heat (LE), and momentum (τ) measured at a field of winter wheat in Lincolnshire, UK during the 2012 growing season. Turbulent flux densities were monitored using the micrometeorological eddy covariance (EC) technique between 5th April 2012 and 8th August 2012. The dataset includes ancillary weather and soil physics observations, as well as variables describing atmospheric turbulence and the quality of the turbulent flux observations. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/c00ac145-6a55-4698-a6ed-13c95d178c96

Tags: Soil, carbon dioxide flux, energy flux, water flux
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
National Plant Monitoring Scheme survey data (2015-2021)

This data resource provides plot-level plant occurrence data for the first seven years (2015-2021) of the National Plant Monitoring Scheme (covering the UK, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man). Data consist of individual observations of plants, and other habitat characteristics, at the metre-scale; observations are accompanied by percentage cover information recorded according to the Domin frequency-abundance scale commonly used in plant community ecology. Other information provided includes the plot type (size, shape, according to the NPMS classification), the volunteer-recorded NPMS habitat, the date of sampling, and information regarding the spatial location of the plot. Information contained within the metadata file should allow users to reconstruct the sampling history (including gaps) of any plot that has been sampled within the NPMS scheme between 2015 and 2021. 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. Please be aware that this dataset is updated annually and that more recent versions exist. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e742c94f-82a4-43e7-af14-36b131afe81b

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, NPMS, National Plant Monitoring Scheme, UK-SCAPE 
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Triazine, organophosphate and pyrethroid (TOP) pesticide data from rivers [LOIS]

Triazine, organophosphate and pyrethroid (TOP) pesticide data from river water collected at various sites within the Humber catchment area as part of the Land Ocean Interaction Study project (LOIS).. Water samples were collected weekly and during storm periods between 1994 and 1996. The unfiltered samples were extracted on the day of collection using solid-phase-extraction (SPE), the SPE cartridges stored overnight at 4 degreesC and then transported to the Institute of Freshwater Ecology (IFE), Wareham for elution, drying and Gas Chromatography (GC) analysis. Pesticides measured were Atrazine, Cyanazin, Desmetryn, Fenitrothion, HCH gamma, Malathion, Parathion, Permethrin, Prometryn, Simazine, Terbutryn. The sampling and extraction of the pesticides was carried out by the LOIS team at York University and the elution and sample preparation for GC analysis was done at IFE. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b6af91ff-fc56-4ec2-81b8-d384eedcc343

Tags: Aire, Calder, Derwent, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, HCH gamma, Humber, LOIS, Land Ocean Interaction Study project, Nidd, Ouse, Swale, Trent, cyanazin, desmetryn, fenitrothion, malathion, parathion, permethrin, prometryn, simazine, terbutryn
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Soil moisture, temperature and bulk density and earthworm abundance and biomass along transects from hedges into arable fields, pasture fields, ley strips established in arable fields and arable strips established in pasture fields at a farm in West Yorkshire, England (2015-2017)

Data are presented on earthworm abundance with distance from hedgerows was recorded for arable fields and pasture leys at Spens farm, the University of Leeds experiment farms, Yorkshire. Sampling was carried out annual from April 2015 to April 2017 with additional sampling in December 2015, and July and October 2016. Pits were excavated and soil hand sorted for earthworms. Mustard solution was then poured into the pit and any emerging earthworms collected. All earthworms were preserved in ethanol for identification using the Sims and Gerard Field studies key. At each pit the following measurements were also taken: soil moisture, soil temperature, soil bulk density. The samples were taken to determine the influence of leys on soil quality by Miranda Prendergast-Miller and colleagues as part of the SoilBioHedge project (Grant Reference NE/M017095/1) funded by the NERC Soil Security Programme. (Grant Reference NE/M017044/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d3dcfd8a-918d-48a4-9511-ec832de34636

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Annual vegetative growth and flowering data from Climoor fieldsite in Clocaenog Forest

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. This dataset includes measurements of annual growth of the higher plant species in the experimental plots at the Climoor field site in the Clocaenog Forest, NE Wales. Years include 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, and in each the measurements were taken in August (at a time of maximum veteative growth at the site). Data include maximum shoot elongation, leading shoot length, and number of flowers, leaves and branches. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/eb7599f4-35f8-4365-bd4a-4056ee6c6083

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, vegetation
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Landscape area data 1990 [Countryside Survey]

This dataset consists of stock (area) data for landscape features across Great Britain in 1990. Data are presented as areas of Broad (or Priority) Habitats, with associated landscape attributes (such as plant species and land use), within a set of 506 1km squares across Great Britain. 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 habitat areas, vegetation species data, soil 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/10.5285/94f664e5-10f2-4655-bfe6-44d745f5dca7

Tags: Countryside Survey, Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in soil profiles from experimental tree-planting plots at two sites in Northeast Scotland (Glensaugh and Ballogie), November 2021, from the Moorland Colonisation Experiment (MOORCO)

This dataset contains 13C and 15N data for organic soil profiles (organic horizons to top of E horizon) at two of the MOORCO experimental tree planting sites in North East Scotland (Glensaugh and Ballogie). Data also includes total soil carbon and nitrogen stocks and bulk density. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/00acbdb2-1eba-4016-9e50-e3126933a541

Tags: 13C, 15N, MOORCO, Soil, stable isotopes, upland
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Topography, orthoimagery, topographic change, predicted hydraulic flow, and bedload transport rates of the Bislak River, the Philippines

For the Bislak River, the Philippines, this dataset contains: (i) topography and orthoimagery in 2019 and 2020; (ii) Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) of Difference; (iii) predicted depth, velocity and shear stress from HEC-RAS two-dimensional hydraulic model simulations for 10, 50 and 100 year return period flood scenarios; and (iv) calculated bedload transport for 10, 50 and 100 year return period flood scenarios. Shear stress predictions were combined with median (D50) grain size observations to compute bedload transport rates for four different river patterns (meandering, wandering, braided, deltaic). For the 50 year return period flood event, bedload transport rates were also calculated for the D16 and D84 grain size. Geomorphic change detection was used to identify geomorphic change which took place between 2014-2019 and 2019-2020. All geospatial data are in WGS 1984 UTM Zone 51N. This data was created as part of a numerical, two-dimensional hydraulic modelling investigation to predict patterns of flood inundation and bedload transport for the Bislak River Philippines under different flood scenarios (10-, 50- 100-year flood events). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/5b29d98e-28b6-4ca7-89b3-57174d6b404a

Tags: flood inundation, geomorphic change
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Windermere monthly temperatures 1946-2012

This dataset consists of monthly mean inshore surface water temperature (degrees C) data from Windermere, a lake in northern England. Data collection began in 1933, but data are presented here from 1946 onwards. The data were initially collected by the Freshwater Biological Association (FBA), then by CEH and its predecessor Institute of Freshwater Ecology (IFE) from 1989 to 2003, and subsequently again by FBA. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/453fdf49-7328-42ec-94b7-1cebf06c51e2

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, monthly
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Pollination of tomatoes by the bees Bombus terrestris and Lasioglossum spp.

This dataset describes an experimental test of potential over yielding effects on fruit set and average fruit size for tomato plants grown in the presence of three pollinator combinations: (1) the bumblebee Bombus terrestris (2) Lasioglossum spp. and (3) and additive combination of B. terrestris and Lasioglossum spp. The experimental design includes no pollinator controls nested within individual tomato plants exposed to the above pollinator species treatment combinations. This research was undertaken in 2017 and funded though a UKCEH Commercial Innovation Fund (National Capability) project supported by the Natural Environmental Research Council (Project NEC06344). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/94925db4-eeeb-4f3d-ae19-42a3380636e5

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, bumblebee
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Data from automatic water monitoring buoy from Windermere south basin, 2008 to 2011

This dataset consists of hourly lake temperature, air temperature, solar irradiance and wind speed data from an automatic water monitoring buoy on Windermere South Basin, a lake in the North West of England. The lake temperatures are measured in various depths of the lake (see supporting documentation). Measurements were taken every four minutes and calculated as hourly averages. The data were collected by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology between 2008 and 2011 inclusive. This dataset has been used in various publications, please see supporting documentation for more detail. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/bd37710e-6a53-49f0-9a07-6973408a3342

Tags:  Lake District, Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Vascular plant and bryophyte survey from a 33-year chronosequence on bare chalk, Dorset, 2019-2020

Vascular plant and bryophyte survey data from a 33-year chronosequence on bare chalk, used to investigate primary succession. The bare chalk plots were created from archaeological excavations on Down Farm, north Dorset, between the years 1986 and 2018, resulting in 13 different plots. The vascular plant survey was carried out in July 2019 using 50 cm x 50 cm quadrats. Quadrats were recorded every 1 m along a 16 m transect in each of the 13 plots. The bryophyte survey was carried out in February 2020 using 20 cm x 20 cm quadrats, along the same transects for 11 of the 13 plots. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/358eb380-74a0-4acd-9df2-696fdf13a6d7

Tags: Dorset, Land Cover, succession, vascular plant
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Mark-recapture data of individual birds from ringing records, Glasgow, UK, 2014-2022

This dataset contains information on individual birds caught at nestboxes or via mistnetting at 20 sites along a 35 km urban gradient in Glasgow, Scotland, 2014-2022. For each capture, we recorded the ring number of the individual, morphological parameters, whether samples were obtained and the sample number (blood, feather, faeces). The morphological measurements obtained were: Wing length (total length of the stretched wing, as per BTO guidelines), Weight (to the nearest 0.01 g), Tarsus length (using a caliper with 0.1 cm precision). Data were collected to investigate the effects of urbanisation on daily activity patterns, reproductive traits and population dynamics of passerine birds. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9982cf52-7144-4877-9e17-1335f14140d8

Tags: Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Land Use, blue tit, great tit, nestbox, reproductive success
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Gridded Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) using generalised logistic distribution with standard period 1961-2010 for Great Britain [SPEIgenlog61-10]

1km and 5km gridded Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) data for Great Britain, which is a drought index based on the probability of Climatic Water Balance (CWB) - which is equivalent to the amount of precipitation minus the amount of evapotranspiration - for a given accumulation period as defined by Vicente Serrano et al. (2010). SPEI is calculated for different accumulation periods: 1, 3, 6, 12, 18, 24 months. Each of these is in turn calculated for each of the twelve calendar months. Note that values in monthly (and for longer accumulation periods also annual) time series of the data therefore are likely to be autocorrelated. The standard period which was used to fit the generalised logistic distribution is 1961-2010. The dataset covers the period from 1961 to 2012. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d201a2af-568e-4195-bf02-961fb6954c72

Tags: Meteorological geographical features, SPEI, climatic water balance, gridded data, indicator, rainfall extremes
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
CO2 efflux and hydraulic data for two Scottish and four Amazonian streams 2011-13

The dataset contains CO2 efflux, hydraulic and water chemistry data from six field sites which vary in location, size and catchment characteristics. Measurements were made at: i) two sites in the UK - the River Kelvin (335 km2, semi-urban catchment) and Drumtee water (9.6 km2, peat dominated catchment); ii) four sites in the Peruvian Amazon - Main Trail (5 km2, seasonally active stream in a rainforest catchment), New Colpita stream (7 km2, perennial stream in a rainforest catchment), La Torre river (2000 km2, rainforest catchment) and Tambopata river (14 000 km2, rainforest catchment with some small scale agriculture and gold mining). CO2 efflux was measured at all sites on each sampling occasion alongside a range of other parameters to enable investigation into the controls on CO2 efflux. Parameters measured include flow velocity and water depth (from which other hydraulic parameters can be calculated), DIC concentration and pH (from which pCO2 can be calculated) and water temperature. Sampling was carried out over several years, thus capturing a range of seasons and flow conditions, and at all sites, measurement locations were chosen to ensure that a range of flow intensities were included. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/02d5cea7-10aa-4591-938a-a41e1c5bc207

Tags: CO2 efflux, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, carbon dioxide, dissolved inorganic carbon, flow velocity, hydraulics, pCO2, pH, river, stream, temperature, water depth
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Insect population dynamics, parasitism and behaviour in response to different spectra of artificial light at night

 The datasets contain insect numbers, plant biomass, successful attacks of parasitoids, and behavioural response of parasitoids. The data are based on direct observations of insects and plants in field and laboratory experiments testing for the impact of different spectra of artificial light at night on an experimental insect food web with coloured near-monochromatic LEDs, with a single peak emittance across the visible and near-UV spectrum at wavelengths of 385, 447, 469, 475, 518, 607 and 630 nm plus a dark control. The dark control was exposed to the natural background light levels at night. We kept photon flux similar to the output of a white light LED at 20 lux, for all light treatments apart from the UV treatment. Data collection was done in a field site, and controlled temperature room at Penryn Campus of University of Exeter, Penryn, UK. The field experiment was set up on 3rd June 2017 and ran for 17 weeks, while the additional experiments were conducted between summer 2017 and summer 2018. The data have been sampled as part of the NERC project NE/N001672/1 “Effects of artificial light on multi-trophic population dynamics”. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/dfe9a1ed-fc98-4abd-8040-6ee9f01cfcd0

Tags: ALAN, Aphids, Artificial light at night, Behaviour, Ecological communities, Environmental Monitoring Facilities, Field experiment, Food web, Light pollution, Light spectra, Parasitoids, Top-down control
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre