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Macroinvertebrate taxonomic abundance, water quality, river flow, air temperature and environmental site descriptors from English rivers, 1965-2018, version 2.0
This data product combines macroinvertebrate taxonomic abundance for 1,519 monitoring sites across English rivers for the period between 1965 and 2018, with matched concentrations of 41 water quality determinands, river flow exceedance statistics, and air temperature values. It also includes site variables such as sewage effluent exposure, habitat quality, land cover in the upstream catchment, and other physical parameters measured at the sampling point, such as altitude, slope, distance from so
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What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- macroinvertebrate taxonomic abundance (1,519 monitoring sites) · 41 water quality determinands · river flow exceedance statistics · air temperature · sewage effluent exposure · habitat quality · upstream catchment land cover · site physical parameters: altitude, slope, distance from source, channel width and depth, substrate type
- Coverage docs-verified
- English rivers (England) · 1965-01-01 to 2018-12-31
- Resolution docs-verified
- 1 metre (spatial, as listed in metadata)
- Formats docs-verified
- CSV
- Access docs-verified
- Free download (zip package) under the Open Government Licence; datasets must be cited in publications
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Macroinvertebrate baseline and ecological status context for river reaches using sites with matched water quality · Chemical pressure screening using 41 determinands and sewage effluent exposure for outfall or discharge assessments · Flow exceedance and air temperature covariates for modelling invertebrate responses in river ecology studies
- Audience llm-inferred
- ecologists · hydrologists · water quality scientists · environmental modellers · freshwater consultants
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Completeness depends on the spatio-temporal availability of the source datasets · Time span ends in 2018; no coverage after that date · Spatial resolution of 1 metre is stated in metadata but the data are point sites along the river network, so treat it with caution · Built from multiple source formats and processing tools, so users should check integration quality for their own use · No update frequency is stated; the product is a fixed 2025 release (version 2.0)
- Licence
- Open government licence
- Authentication
- Unknown — review source docs
- GitHub stars
- Unknown
- Last commit
- Unknown
- Last successful page check
- 16/10/2026
- Page health
- healthy
- Package
- Not recorded
- Verification
- Not independently verified
Provenance & evidence
Listed in ukceh-eidc public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata observed 14/10/2026 · research sweep: sweep-2026-10-16 (ukceh-eidc)