Dorset Environmental Records Centre

Description

Providing data for conservation, ecological and geological work in Dorset.

Resources

1. Bryophyte Survey of the Poole Basin Mires - NBN South West Pilot Project Case Studies
   The mires of the Dorset Heaths provide a refuge in southern England for many plants which have declined in other parts of the country due to drainage, peat-cutting and afforestation. The group of plants which dominate these peatlands are the Sphagna or Bog-mosses. Dorset retains population of 13 species and 6 subspecies of the 26 species and 9 subspecies found in Britain...
2. Dorset Argiope - NBN South West Pilot Project Case Studies
   Records of Argiope bruennichi, a distinctive, easily identified species whose range is increasing in Dorset.<br />These records are from the data holdings of Dorset Environmental Records Centre which covers both terrestrial and marine taxa, the majority dating from 1976 onwards but also including historical records...
3. Dorset Heath - NBN South West Pilot Project Case Studies
   Records of Dorset Heath Erica ciliaris, which forms a significant component of the Purbeck wet heaths and mires.
4. Dorset Invasive Alien Plants - NBN South West Pilot Project Case Studies
   Records of 12 species of invasive alien plants which have now ben recorded in Dorset. This dataset includes the following species: Azolla filiculoides, Crassula helmsii, Elodea canadensis, Elodea nuttalli, Fallopia japonica, Heracleum mantegazzianum, Impatiens glandulifera, Lagarosiphon major, Myriophyllum aquaticum and Nymphoides peltata...
5. Dorset SSSI Species Records 1952 - 2004 (Natural England)
   Species records for Sites of Special Scientific Interest extracted from (then) English Nature Dorset Team Slepe Farm office files.
6. Dorset SW Pilot species dataset
   Records from the data holdings of Dorset Environmental Records Centre which covers both terrestrial and marine taxa, the majority dating from 1976 onwards but also including historical records...
7. Dorset Sites of Nature Conservation Interest (SNCI) species records 2000-2008
   Species records collected during new surveys and monitoring visits of Sites of Nature Conservation Interest (SNCIs) conducted by surveyors from Dorset Wildlife Trust or Dorset Environmental Records Centre.
8. Dorset Sites of Nature Conservation Interest (SNCI) species records pre 2000
   Species records collected during new surveys and monitoring visits of Sites of Nature Conservation Interest (SNCIs) conducted by surveyors from Dorset Wildlife Trust or Dorset Environmental Records Centre.
9. Ross Coral Mapping Project - NBN South West Pilot Project Case Studies
   The results of dive surveys carried out by Purbeck Marine Research Unit, Canford School during 1994 and 1995 to record the distribution of Ross Coral Pentapora foliacea at the eastern limit of its range off the Dorset Coast...

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