AquaInvaders
Natural Apptitude
Description
Short_description The AquaInvaders project aims to collect much needed data on freshwater aquatic invasive species around the UK. It is a unique partnership between the Environment Agency, Scottish Natural Heritage, The Scottish Environment Protection Agency, the University of Bristol, the British Sub Aqua Club and the Biological Records Centre. The species included in the dataset are:
Topmouth gudgeon
Black/brown bullhead
Sunbleak
Fathead minnow
Bitterling
Zander
Wels catfish
Sturgeon species
Bighead carp
Channel catfish
Killer Shrimp
Chinese Mitten Crab
Zebra Mussel
Quagga Mussel
Signal Crayfish
Red swamp crayfish
Turkish crayfish
Noble crayfish
Spiny cheek crayfish
Alpine Newt
American Bullfrog
Marsh Frog
African Clawed Toad
Red-eared Terrapin
Mink
Geographic Description
Largely UK but no actual restriction. Data points are largely accurate to within 20m.
Purpose
The main aim is to locate incidences of a number of high priority invasive, non-native freshwater aquatic animal species. A large number of our water bodies are affected by invasive, non-native species and in many areas they have brought with them significant problems for our indigenous wildlife. With your help we hope to build the most complete picture of where these creatures are and, where possible, take appropriate measures to prevent further spread.
Data quality
High quality data set. All records are checked and verified by experts and most records are supported with photos (those without are checked with the recorder).
Methods
Data is crowd-sourced via the AquaInvaders smartphone app and website. Records are verified by experts at the Environment Agency.
Citation
No citation information available.
Rights
CC BY-NC
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial
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Digitised records
Looking up... the number of records that can be accessed through the NBN Atlas. This resource was last checked for updated data on 19 Sep 2023. The most recent data was published on 19 Sep 2023.
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