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Standing Waters Sample Points
The Standing Waters Sample Points dataset is a GIS dataset of survey sample locations used during the course of the Scottish Loch Survey Project. The statutory nature conservation agencies in Scotland, England and Wales have a long history of carrying out routine aquatic plant (macrophyte) surveys of lakes. This involves identifying and estimating the abundance of emergent, submerged, floating leaved, and free-floating macrophytes that grow in or near the water. The results of these surveys are held in the Standing Waters Database which is available to view on the SNH website. ( http://gateway.snh.gov.uk/pls/apex_cagdb2/f?p=111:1000:1289803086875801).
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Dataset Reference Date (Creation)
- 2012-11-13
- Identifier
- https://www.nature.scot / SWSP
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Species distribution
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- Limitations on Public Access
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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The Standing Waters Sample Points dataset is a Free to Use dataset.
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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no limitations
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Distance
- 20 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Topic category
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- Environment
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Temporal reference
Temporal extent
- Begin
- 2010
- End
- 2014
Temporal extent
- Reference system identifier
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
Distribution Information
Data format
- Data format
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Name Version ESRI Shapefile
GML
GeoJSON
ESRI File geodatabase
Geopackage
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- Resource Locator
Data quality info
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Statement
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The Standing Waters database contains macrophyte species lists for each surveyed lake; mainly vascular plants, but also charophytes and filamentous algae. At each lake, macrophytes were recorded on a DAFOR scale of abundance (dominant, abundant, frequent, occasional or rare), and sketch maps were drawn to show the distribution of macrophytes around the lake. (These sketch maps are stored within the database as PDF files.)
Surveyors also took a water sample providing water chemistry data for pH, alkalinity and conductivity. Other details such as surface area, altitude and links to designated site information are also provided. Using this dataset, a classification of British lakes has also been developed, based upon the composition of their macrophyte communities.
Eleven distinct lake groups (A-J) have been identified, and full descriptions of these are available on the Lake Group page ( http://gateway.snh.gov.uk/pls/apex_cagdb2/f?p=111:1110:314922960843353) The Standing Waters Sample Points dataset are x,y co-ordinates representing individual survey locations.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 85c6fac8-5a6b-4d71-b089-5669b9caccee XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2025-01-08T14:04:28.788Z
- Metadata standard name
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UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
Point of contact
- Organisation name
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NatureScot
- Position name
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Data Supply Officer
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Great Glen House, Leachkin Road
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Inverness
- Postal code
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IV3 8NW
- Country
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United Kingdom
- Electronic mail address
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data_supply@nature.scot supply@nature.sco data_supply@nature.scot
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