Earthworm Society of Britain

Description

The ESB aims to promote and support scientific research so that earthworms and their environment can be better understood.

Contribution to the Atlas

The ESB launched the National Earthworm Recording Scheme (NERS) in 2014 and works with the biological recording and ecological research sectors to collate UK earthworms records so that we can better understand these ecosystem engineers.

Their works includes providing guidance and resources for earthworm recorders, running regular sampling and identification training workshops and sharing the data gathered with Local Environmental Records Centres, the NBN Atlas and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

The NERS Earthworm Recorder’s Handbook is a free resource and is available to download from the ESB website: www.earthwormsoc.org

Resources

1. Earthworm Research Group (UCLan) Earthworm Records (Great Britain)
   This dataset includes earthworm records generated by two research projects undertaken by the Earthworm Research Group at the University of Central Lancashire between 1998 and 2005.
2. Environment Agency Eiseniella tetraedra Records (England)
   This dataset includes all records generated of Eiseniella tetraedra through the monitoring of freshwater macroinvertebrates in England's waterways by the Environment Agency between 1965 and 2016.
3. National Earthworm Recording Scheme Records (Channel Islands) 
   This dataset includes all earthworm records submitted to the National Earthworm Recording Scheme (Channel Islands) from it's launch in 2016 through to September 2017. This includes using a variety of sampling methods and records produced by the Earthworm Society of Britain, volunteer biological recorders and biodiversity sector organisations.
4. National Earthworm Recording Scheme Records (Great Britain)
   This dataset includes all earthworm records submitted to the National Earthworm Recording Scheme (Channel Islands) from it's launch in 2016 through to September 2017. This includes using a variety of sampling methods and records produced by the Earthworm Society of Britain, volunteer biological recorders and biodiversity sector organisations.
5. Soil Biodiversity Group (NHM) Earthworm Records (Great Britain)
   This dataset includes all earthworm records submitted to the National Earthworm Recording Scheme (Great Britain) by the Soil Biodiversity Group at the Natural History Museum (London).

Metadata last updated on 2017-10-02 10:49:51.0