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Soil metals data 2007 [Countryside Survey]
This dataset consists of metal concentrations (aluminium, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, titanium and zinc) measured from soils sampled across Great Britain in 2007.
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/10.5285/826b0829-7ab5-4e22-822f-ee3a137896a9
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- English (en)
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2016-06-03
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2008-12-01
- Identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/826b0829-7ab5-4e22-822f-ee3a137896a9
- Other citation details
- Emmett, B.A., Reynolds, B., Chamberlain, P.M., Rowe, E. , Spurgeon, D., Brittain, S.A. , Frogbrook, Z., Hughes, S., Lawlor, A.J., Poskitt, J., Potter, E., Robinson, D.A., Scott, A., Wood, C.M., Woods, C. (2016). Soil metals data 2007 [Countryside Survey]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/826b0829-7ab5-4e22-822f-ee3a137896a9
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- Environmental survey
- Soil
- Natural capital
- aluminium
- arsenic
- cadmium
- chromium
- lead
- copper
- manganese
- mercury
- molybdenum
- nickel
- selenium
- zinc
- titanium
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- © Database Right/Copyright UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. All rights reserved
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- The following acknowledgement shall be used on all copies of the data, publications and reports, including use in presentations to any audience. 'Countryside Survey data owned by NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology'
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- If you reuse this data, you should cite: Emmett, B.A., Reynolds, B., Chamberlain, P.M., Rowe, E. , Spurgeon, D., Brittain, S.A. , Frogbrook, Z., Hughes, S., Lawlor, A.J., Poskitt, J., Potter, E., Robinson, D.A., Scott, A., Wood, C.M., Woods, C. (2016). Soil metals data 2007 [Countryside Survey]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/826b0829-7ab5-4e22-822f-ee3a137896a9
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- Environment
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- Begin date
- 2007-05-01
- End date
- 2007-11-01
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Soil samples were collected in the summer of 2007 by field surveyors. Data were recorded from up to 256 1km squares sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample. Samples were analysed according to standardized protocols at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in 2007. Data are managed by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
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- 826b0829-7ab5-4e22-822f-ee3a137896a9 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
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- Metadata Date
- 2021-06-25T18:32:54
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
