The UK Environmental Change Network datasets – integrated and co-located data for long-term environmental research (1993–2015)
Authors: Rennie Susannah , Andrews Chris , Atkinson Sarah , Beaumont Deborah , Benham Sue , Bowmaker Vic , Dick Jan , Dodd Bev , McKenna Colm , Pallett Denise , Rose Rob , Schäfer Stefanie M. , Scott Tony , Taylor Carol , Watson Helen 
Published: January 2020

Abstract. Long-term datasets of integrated environmental variables,
co-located together, are relatively rare. The UK Environmental Change
Network (ECN) was launched in 1992 and provides the UK with its only
long-term integrated environmental monitoring and research network for the
assessment of the causes and consequences of environmental change.
Measurements, covering a wide range of physical, chemical, and biological
“driver” and “response” variables are made in close proximity at ECN
terrestrial sites using protocols incorporating standard quality control
procedures. This paper describes the datasets (there are 19 published
ECN datasets) for these co-located measurements, containing over 20
years of data (1993–2015). The data and supporting documentation are freely
available from the NERC Environmental Information Data Centre under the
terms of the Open Government Licence using the following DOIs. Meteorology
Meteorology:
https://doi.org/10.5285/fc9bcd1c-e3fc-4c5a-b569-2fe62d40f2f5 (Rennie et al.,
2017a)
Biogeochemistry
Atmospheric nitrogen chemistry: https://doi.org/10.5285/baf51776-c2d0-4e57-9cd3-30cd6336d9cf (Rennie et al.,
2017b) Precipitation chemistry: https://doi.org/10.5285/18b7c387-037d-4949-98bc-e8db5ef4264c (Rennie et al.,
2017c) Soil solution chemistry: https://doi.org/10.5285/b330d395-68f2-47f1-8d59-3291dc02923b (Rennie et al.,
2017d) Stream water chemistry: https://doi.org/10.5285/fd7ca5ef-460a-463c-ad2b-5ad48bb4e22e (Rennie et al.,
2017e) Stream water discharge: https://doi.org/10.5285/8b58c86b-0c2a-4d48-b25a-7a0141859004 (Rennie et al.,
2017f)
Invertebrates
Moths: https://doi.org/10.5285/a2a49f47-49b3-46da-a434-bb22e524c5d2 (Rennie et al.,
2017g) Butterflies: https://doi.org/10.5285/5aeda581-b4f2-4e51-b1a6-890b6b3403a3 (Rennie et al.,
2017h) Carabid beetle: https://doi.org/10.5285/8385f864-dd41-410f-b248-028f923cb281 (Rennie et al.,
2017i) Spittle bugs: https://doi.org/10.5285/aff433be-0869-4393-b765-9e6faad2a12b (Rennie et al.,
2018)
Vegetation
Baseline: https://doi.org/10.5285/a7b49ac1-24f5-406e-ac8f-3d05fb583e3b (Rennie et al.,
2016a) Coarse grain: https://doi.org/10.5285/d349babc-329a-4d6e-9eca-92e630e1be3f (Rennie et al.,
2016b) Woodland: https://doi.org/10.5285/94aef007-634e-42db-bc52-9aae86adbd33 (Rennie et al.,
2017j) Fine grain: https://doi.org/10.5285/b98efec8-6de0-4e0c-85dc-fe4cdf01f086 (Rennie et al.,
2017k)
Vertebrates
Frogs: https://doi.org/10.5285/4d8c7dd9-8248-46ca-b988-c1fc38e51581 (Rennie et al.,
2017l) Birds (Breeding bird survey): https://doi.org/10.5285/5886c3ba-1fa5-49c0-8da8-40e69a10d2b5 (Rennie et al.,
2017m) Birds (Common bird census): https://doi.org/10.5285/8582a02c-b28c-45d2-afa1-c1e85fba023d (Rennie et al.,
2017n) Bats: https://doi.org/10.5285/2588ee91-6cbd-4888-86fc-81858d1bf085 (Rennie et al.,
2017o) Rabbits and deer: https://doi.org/10.5285/0be0aed3-f205-4f1f-a65d-84f8cfd8d50f (Rennie et al.,
2017p)