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DOI: 10.5285/75161449-1382-42a4-bb91-58835740cc75
title: Annual abundance indices and trends for moths in Britain and Ireland from the Rothamsted Insect Survey light-trap network, 1968-2021, including country-level results for England, Scotland and Wales

description: The dataset contains annual abundance indices and trends in abundance for 477 species of moths (mostly macro-moths) estimated using the data collected by Rothamsted Insect Survey (RIS) from their light-trap network between the years 1968 and 2021. The abundance indices are trends calculated using Generalized Abundance Index (GAI) models. The trends are presented as Annual Growth Rates (AGR), and the total percentage changes over the time series for each species are also provided. The indices and trends include 95% confidence limits estimated via bootstrapping. Abundance indices and trends are presented for the entire network of traps across Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands, as well as country level analyses for England, Scotland, and Wales.
description: Moth count data from the light traps is submitted to Rothamsted Research where it undergoes some standard QA steps to check for species records are appropriate for the site and time of year. The Rothamsted moth count data was used to produce abundance indices and associated trends using Generalised Abundance Index GAI models. The analysis results were reviewed to exclude results for species showing pronounced issues, i.e. where the indices across a significant proportion of the time series had exceptionally wide confidence intervals and or were based on very sparse data.
DOI: 10.5285/0c93703a-c185-4dd9-b8d7-8d3698535245
title: Plant cover in a Floridian foredune following hurricane Irma in 2017: effect of experimental wrack removal

description: The dataset contains plant cover by species sampled on three occasions using a grid of 0.5 x 0.5m quadrats within experimental field plots. The percentage cover of each species was estimated visually within each of the nine, 0.5 x 0.5m quadrats in each plot. The total percentage cover was the sum of all individual species’ covers within a quadrat.

This study was conducted in the foredune area of Anastasia State Park, located south of St Augustine in Florida, USA between March 2018 to January  2019
description: In March 2018, five experimental blocks were established in the storm wrack zone within 1km. In each block, three 10 x 10m experimental plots were marked and randomly assigned to ‘control’ procedural control’ or ‘removal’.  The control was left undisturbed, the procedural control was treated with wrack removal and replacement, and the removal was treated with wrack removal without replacement.

The response of the plant community was monitored immediately after the experiment was set-up (March 2018), and subsequently in August 2018, October 2018, and finally in January 2019.

Distributions of all variables screened for unusual values and cross checked against field notebooks.
DOI: 10.5285/7c3ad803-fbd4-45c3-826b-fa04c902ded8
title: Farm management and longitudinal data on antibiotic use and antibiotic resistant E. coli for individual heifers on 37 dairy farms, South West England, 2018

description: This dataset represents a cohort of heifers followed from birth to 18 months or first pregnancy on 37 farms in the South West of England. Faecally-contaminated environmental samples were collected over 2 years and the samples analysed for E. coli resistance to amoxicillin, cefalexin and tetracycline with detection of resistant strains presented in the dataset as a binary result. Farm-level antibiotic usage data is also given.
description:  This dataset is a subset of the "Farm management and longitudinal data on antibiotic use and antibiotic resistant E. coli for 53 dairy farms, South West England, 2017-2019" dataset (https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/c9bc537a-d1c5-43a0-b146-42c25d4e8160) and comprises of 1. Records of samples taken from 37 farms including date, eartag numbers of animals in the immediate environment, sample type and descriptive location. 2. Records of microbiological analyses of the samples to identify those containing E. coli resistant to amoxicillin, cephalexin and/or tetracycline.  3. Prescription medication records acquired from veterinary practices and farm records. All calculations and data entry were checked for errors before data was accepted.
DOI: 10.5285/b06a08bc-39e5-4401-87dd-9568fd5048fd
title: Radiocarbon dating of charcoal pieces from soil in intact forest permanent plots in the Amazon Basin, 2015-2019

description: This dataset contains radiocarbon dating of pieces of macrocharcoal (~ ≥ 1 mm) collected from soil in Guyana, Peru and Brazil in plots located in the Amazon forest. All the sites are terra-firme, non-seasonally flooded and are part of the RAINFOR network. In total, 60 pieces of macrocharcoal were dated. 

The Amazon Forest Inventory Network is a long-term, international collaboration to understand the dynamics of Amazon ecosystems. Since 2000 they have developed a framework for systematic monitoring of forests from the ground-up, centred on plots that track the fate of trees and species, and includes soil and plant biogeochemical records, as well as intensive monitoring of carbon cycle processes at some sites. RAINFOR works with partners across the nations of Amazonia to support and sustain forest monitoring and help develop new generations of Amazon ecologists. The work of RAINFOR is currently supported by funding agencies in Brazil, the UK, and the EU.
description: Charcoal fragments were collected from soil in terra-firme forest plots located in the Amazon forest in Guyana, Peru and Brazil. In each plot, a minimum of 3 pits 70 cm deep were opened just outside of the boundaries with 100 m between pits. In each pit, 4 pieces of charcoal were chosen based on the criteria: (i) analysing the sample nearest the surface from each pit, and (ii) splitting the soil profile into 5 cm depth increments and selecting the next three samples from progressively deeper depth intervals. Then, the charcoal pieces were pre-treat and dated by 14C radiocarbon dating using an Accelerator Mass Spectroscopy (AMS) at the NERC Radiocarbon Facility and AMS at the Physics Institute of Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niteroi, Brazil.
DOI: 10.5285/37f0ab37-78f1-4ca6-b51f-950e43977b16
title: Aquatic macrophyte transect data for the River Lambourn at Boxford 2009 to 2014

description: The dataset contains results from surveys recording the cover and area of aquatic macrophytes at four transects on the River Lambourn, collected monthly between March 11 2009 and September 30 2014.

The River Lambourn is a tributary of the River Thames, the principal river in the south-east of England. The CEH River Lambourn Observatory comprises a 600 m reach of river and 24 acres of associated water meadows at Boxford, Berkshire.

The surveys were designed to provide an estimate of the area and cover of the three most common aquatic macrophytes and an estimate of the area of the wetted channel at four transects. The species recorded were Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseudofluitans (with Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseudofluitans x Ranunculus peltatus hybrid also present), Callitriche platycarpa (with some Callitriche obtusanglia) and Berula erecta. The four transects were selected in order to represent a combination of shallow/fast flowing areas and deeper/slower flowing areas, as well as shaded and unshaded reaches. 

description: The surveys were designed to provide an estimate of the area and cover of the three most common aquatic macrophytes at four transects along the River Lambourn at Boxford. The species recorded were Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseudofluitans (with Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseudofluitans x Ranunculus peltatus hybrid also present), Callitriche platycarpa (with some Callitriche obtusanglia) and Berula erecta. The Ranunculus and Callitriche species were not identified to species level as this is frequently impossible without flowering material and because the study was more concerned with the quantitative characteristics of the aquatic macrophytes. 

The surveys were conducted monthly from March 2009 until October 2014 with one occurrence of missing data due to high flow which prevented accurate (and safe) surveying. When possible the surveys were timed to coincide with monthly hydraulic surveys reported elsewhere.

The surveys were carried out at four transects distributed along the length of the CEH River Lambourn Observatory. These were selected in order to represent a combination of shallow/fast flowing areas and deeper/slower flowing areas, as well as shaded and unshaded reaches. At sites one to three the channel width is approximately 10m, but at the downstream site the width is nearer to 14m.
DOI: 10.5285/e3ebeca1-ce57-40f9-8237-85d8aa543ff8
title:  N-alkanoic acid hydrogen isotope composition and biomarker concentration of sediments from Lake Suigetsu, Japan (132,700 to 125,200 cal BP)

description: This dataset contains information about the compound-specific stable hydrogen isotope composition (δ2H) of n-alkanoic acids with 26, 28 and 30 carbon atoms. The samples originated from the Lake Suigetsu sediment cores. Data is provided at an approximately ~60 year resolution from 132.7 ka BP to 125.2 ka BP (n = 60). To accompany this data, the mass-normalised concentrations of key n-alkane and n-alkanoic acids are provided, alongside n-alkane index values. This data was collected to infer changes to the Lake Suigetsu catchment and the East Asian Summer Monsoon during Glacial Termination II. 
This work was supported by the Quaternary Research Association, the Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society, the School of Geographical and Earth Science (University of Glasgow) and the NERC IAPETUS2 Doctoral Training Partnership.

description: Materials for this study were taken from the Lake Suigetsu sediment cores. Each set of samples underwent chemical preparation to isolate the components required following standard preparation methodologies. N-alkane and n-alkanoic acid concentrations were measured using a GC-FID and then corrected using an external standard calibration. Compound-specific n-alkanoic acid hydrogen isotopes were measured using a GC-IRMS connected via a furnace. This data was corrected (for the methylation of the n-alkanoic acids prior to measurement) using a mass balance approach.
DOI: 10.5285/79de7b6e-93c2-45d3-b11d-de156dc4fefc
title: Automatic sampler stage data from six Conwy catchment stream sites 2013 to 2016

description: Fifteen minute river stage height for 6 river monitoring stations within the Conwy catchment, North Wales are presented for the period 2013 to 2016. At one site (Cwm Llanerch) site the water temperature was also sampled. At all sites, the mean water height in millimetres (mm) is measured using a pressure transducer installed at an arbitrary level and recorded onto data loggers every 15 minutes. The data were collected to estimate flow in the 6 rivers. The data was collected by CEH staff members for the NERC project "The Multi-Scale Response of Water quality, Biodiversity and C Sequestration to Coupled Macronutrient Cycling from Source to Sea" (NE/J011991/1). Note: there are gaps in this data set due to equipment/battery or system failures. 
description: Water level was measured at all sites using a pressure transducer every 10 seconds and the mean value recorded onto a Campbell data logger every 15 minutes. The temperature data for the Cwm Llanerch site was sampled and recorded in the same way. Data was then downloaded onto a field laptop during routine site visits and then raw data files uploaded onto an Access database. Data was then extracted from the access data base to provide individual .csv files for each site.
DOI: 10.5285/b36357bd-988c-41fa-a3a8-3b21cef5f0b6
title: Soil map of the Moor House National Nature Reserve

description: This is a digital soil map of the Moor House - Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve. Mapped polygons represent a range of soil types. The site lies in the North Pennine uplands of England and has an area of 74 km2. It is England's highest and largest terrestrial National Nature Reserve (NNR), a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and a European Special Protection Area. Habitats include exposed summits, extensive blanket peatlands, upland grasslands, pastures, hay meadows and deciduous woodland. Altitude ranges from 290 to 850 m. Moor House - Upper Teesdale is part of the Environmental Change Network (ECN) whcih is the UK's long-term environmental monitoring programme. 
description: This map was originally created in 1963 by G.A.L Johnson from methods outlined in Soil Map Of the Moor House National Nature Reserve (1963), Westmorland. Soil Survey for the Nature Conservancy by GAL Johnson in The Geology of Moor House, a National Nature Reserve in north-east Westmorland / Johnson G.A.L., Dunham K.C., Monographs of the Nature Conservancy (No.2) 1963, HMSO. It was digitized at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Monks Wood in the late 1990s.
DOI: 10.5285/40f5f2b4-4ebd-4dcd-8b45-3b6a46251161
title: Data from meteorological station next to Esthwaite Water, 2012 to 2015

description: This dataset consists of hourly air temperature and wind speed data from a meteorological station sited on top of a boat house, located in Cumbria, England, next to Esthwaite Water. Measurements were taken every 4 minutes and calculated as hourly averages. The data were collected by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology between 2012 and 2015 inclusive. This dataset has been used in various publications, please see supporting documentation for more detail.
description: Data from the meteorological station next to Esthwaite Water are collated and processed by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology at Lancaster. Data are available for download from 2012 to 2015. See supporting documentation for further information. Data has been checked visually and any obvious errors introduced by hardware malfunctioning have been removed.
DOI: 10.5285/1c99f7ad-6ae3-4891-801c-e3babdb61887
title: Cynipid abundance at Petite Charnie, France, in 2008 and 2009

description: This dataset contains Cynipid gall abundance from an oak provenance trial at Petite Charnie in France. 2400 trees were sampled from 20 provenances of Quercus petraea and Quercus robur in 2008 and 2009. Cynipids have two gall generations each year so trees were sampled in spring (sexual generation) and autumn (asexual generation). 10 twigs were surveyed for galls on all parts of the terminal shoot (buds, leaves, stem, catkins) from each tree in spring and autumn. Counts were made for each species and generation.
description: Samples were taken from an established provenance trial. Provenances are represented by two or three distinct plots (parcelles), each a replicate set of 24 trees planted in four columns of six trees, with spacing of 1.75 meters between trees within columns and three meters between columns. Plots of 8 different randomly selected provenances are aggregated into blocks, with the position of blocks randomised within soil zones. Samples were taken from a subset of provenances from trees in the internal rows of the blocks to minimise edge effects. Cynipid gall abundance was sampled using a standardised sampling protocol. 10 twigs on each tree, each consisting of the last two years' growth, were removed and for each twig the galls on all parts (buds, leaves, stem, catkins) of its terminal shoot (a module of woody growth from the previous year carrying the new leaves) were counted. Galls were identified to species and generation in the field using a morphological key and extensive field experience of the surveyors. After data collation and transcribing into electronic format, unusual values were checked.
DOI: 10.5285/82c3c730-8a58-4a59-9aaa-00ab53315507
title: Data from automatic water monitoring buoy from Esthwaite Water, 2012 to 2015

description: This dataset consists of hourly lake temperature, air temperature, solar irradiance and wind speed data from an automatic water monitoring buoy on Esthwaite Water, 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 4 minutes and calculated as hourly averages. The data were collected by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology between 2012 and 2015 inclusive. This dataset has been used in various publications, please see supporting documentation for more detail.
description: Data from the automatic water quality buoy on Esthwaite Water are collated and processed by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology at Lancaster. Data are available for download from 2012 to 2015. See supporting documentation for further information. Data has been checked visually and any obvious errors introduced by hardware malfunctioning have been removed.
DOI: 10.5285/0d290420-913a-4858-a090-fdbce616c247
title: Solid, air and water phase distributions of a UK sandy loam soil packed at five bulk densities, 2018

description: The data set provides Computed Tomography based soil microstructures of a sandy loam soil (Invergowrie, Scotland) providing the distributions of soil, air and water. The images provide two water conditions (20±0.5 and 80±0.5% of the pore volume), with distribution at pore scale computed using a lattice-Boltzmann modelling approach, for five soil bulk densities (1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 g cm-3), and three repetitions per bulk density (30 images). The domain size of the images is 512x512x512 voxels with a voxel resolution of 24 µm.
description: Microcosms containing aggregates between 1 and 2 mm of a sandy loam soil packed at five bulk densities (1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 g cm-3) scanned using a benchtop X–ray Computed Tomography scanner, and images thresholded to obtain the solid and pore phases. The water and air distribution in the pore space was computed using lattice-Boltzmann modeling for two water conditions (20±0.5 and 80±0.5% as fraction of pore space visible with computed tomography), resulting in a total of 30 images (5 soil bulk densities * 3 repetitions per bulk density * 2 water conditions).
DOI: 10.5285/ac271791-b722-489c-9b68-b37316ec826c
title: UK public perceptions around invasive species and biosecurity before and one year after undertaking e-Learning, 2015-2018

description: This data contains the results of student and professional perceptions surveys conducted in the UK before and after e-Learning training, as part of a project to determine the effectiveness of e-Learning as a training tool. The dataset include two surveys; before and after e-Learning training. Students and professionals were given two separate surveys which were combined to create one dataset. The surveys were collected between September 2015 and July 2018.

The objective of the survey was to collect data on participants’ awareness, risk perceptions and self-reported behaviours on biosecurity for invasive species. The topics on both the before and after survey included age, role at institution, field of work/study, field activity environments, cleaning methods for equipment, outerwear/footwear and transport and awareness and perceptions of risk around invasive species and biosecurity campaigns. The data does not include the aggregated cleaning scores that were used for the analysis nor has it excluded any participants that were not used in the final data analysis. The dataset has been anonymised by removing names of respondents, email addresses, departments or organisations worked for or studied in, and text responses which could have made the participant identifiable.

The research was funded by NERC project no NE/N008391/1.
description: All data was collected online using Online Surveys. Information of each survey is detailed in the supporting information. Both the before training and after training surveys took less than 10 minutes to complete. The number of the respondents in the before training survey was 804, and the number of respondents in the post training survey was 79. The spreadsheet has been converted to a CSV file.
DOI: 10.5285/b9a2523e-09ba-43c7-acfa-a894a231b133
title: Soil microbial potential enzyme activities in fertilised plots in the Central Amazon, 2018

description: The data consists of potential activity of enzymes released by microorganisms in soils of old growth forests in the Central Amazon. Soils were sampled in January 2018, seven months after nutrient addition in a large-scale nutrient fertilisation experiment. Enzyme activities are given as a mean of the microbial community per plot, where five points inside each plot were sampled in the 0-5 cm and 5-10 cm soil layers. The dataset  depicts the potential activities of the following enzymes: ß-glucosidase, N-acetyl ß-glucosaminidase and phosphomonoesterase at two different soil depths. 

Samples were collected at the AFEX project area in Manaus, Brazil at the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP/ INPA). 

The study was funded by NERC, BDFFP (logistical support) and Brazilian government (student scholarship).
description: Potential activities of 4-Methylumbelliferyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (BG), 4-Methylumbelliferyl-N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminide (NAG) and 4-Methylumbelliferyl-phosphate (PHOS), enzymes involved in the cycling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus were measured using microplate fluorimetric assays. After centrifugation with buffer solution, samples were incubated for one hour using 4-Methylumbelliferyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (BG), 4-Methylumbelliferyl-N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminide (NAG) and 4-Methylumbelliferyl-phosphate (PHOS) as substrates. Fluorescence was read on a fluorometer (Tecan Infinite® 200 PRO, Grödig, Austria), at 365 nm excitation and 450 nm emission. Enzyme activities are presented in nmol MUF g soil dry weight-1 hour-1.
DOI: 10.5285/649d6c94-1fe9-4b39-914a-d1d59bbbd419
title: Earthworm data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 1999 and 2001 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]

description: This set of data describes earthworm diversity in soil samples taken at the Sourhope experimental site in 1999 and 2001 by the Universities of Glasgow and Dundee.  Data were collected during a project funded under the NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme.

The NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme was established in 1999 and was centred upon the intensive study of a large field experiment located at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (now the James Hutton Institute) farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT 8545 1963). During the experiment, the site was monitored to assess changes in above-ground biomass production (productivity), species composition and relative abundance (diversity).
description: Data were collected as part of the NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme, which was established in 1999 and was centred upon the intensive study of a large field experiment located at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (MLURI) (now the James Hutton Institute) farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT 8545 1963). Soil samples were collected by students and staff at the experimental site before being processed according to standard protocols, with the data then being transferred to the programme data manager at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.