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Aquatic Invertebrate Survey of the Somerset Levels and Moors 1999
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About Resource: Document
DataSet Name: Aquatic Invertebrate Survey of the Somerset Levels and Moors 1999
Coverage: Somerset
Survey Methods: Includes location maps of sites, Species lists for each site, Target groups sampled, Methods included 3 minute sampling with pond net, sorting sample in a white tray, estimating abundance, and collecting invertebrates in a formalin solution
Purpose: To provide data on ditch and rhyne aquatic fauna on 7 SSSI's on the Somerset Levels & Moors, to Compare data collected in the 1999 survey with that of the 1983 & 1994 to establish general trends in the aquatic fauna, To provide a statement on the genera
Commissioned By: English Nature
Potential: Provides a baseline of survey information for repetition in future years
Limits: Unknown
Last Revised: 1999
Status: Complete
Quality Controls: Used standard survey techniques developed by English Nature
Resource Comments: Survey covers a wide area
Related
Related Resource: A Survey of the Aquatic Invertebrate Fauna of Ditches on the Somerset Levels and moors
Related Revised: N/A
Related Bibliography: Gibbs D. (1994) A Survey of the Aquatic Invertebrate Fauna of Ditches on the Somerset Levels and moors. English Nature.
Access
Data Formats: Paper Format
Distribution Format: Paper
Details
Taxa: Coleoptera, Odonata, Heteroptera, Mollusca, Trichoptera, Annelida, Arachnida, Orthoptera, Diptera, Stratiomyidae, Crustacea, Planaria, Ephemeroptera, Lepidoptera, Stickleback sp. Amphibia, Nematoda, Megaloptera, Aquatic plants
Region: Somerset
Start Date: 03/07/99
End Date: 31/07/99
Main Classification: No Classification