Freshwater Site Visits and Ad-hoc Sightings
Natural Resources Wales
Description
Records of species and habitat ad hoc sightings collected in the freshwater environment. This includes, but it not limited to aquatic plants, amphibians and certain easily identified invertebrates. Data collection will be on-going during the monitoring and other survey work.
Geographic Description
Wales.
Purpose
Data is collected in order to assist with targeted monitoring and site management of freshwater environments across Wales.
Data quality
There is good confidence in this data as Species identification was made in the field with any rare or uncertain species verified in the lab or sent to a recognised expert for verification.
Methods
This dataset consists of ad hoc sightings data collected during structured site visits. Recording is mainly focused on recording plant species using the standard grapnel sampling methodology from a boat. Additional species are collected as incidental or ad-hoc records during the survey.
Citation
Natural Resources Wales. ([Insert year of download]) Freshwater Site Visits and Ad-hoc Sightings. Occurrence dataset accessed through the NBNAtlas
Rights
© CNC/NRW
Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.
Attribution statement: Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved.
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