Standing Waters Database - Scotland
Citation
NatureScot (2022). Standing Waters Database - Scotland. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/iwllx8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-08-30.Description
This dataset comprises the macrophyte records from the JNCC standing waters database. It includes 79,246 records from 3,547 locations from across England, Wales and Scotland and date from 1970 to 2000. The parent database held by SNH also holds information on invertabrates as well as the physical and chemical attributes of the individual standing waters and their respective catchments. The Scottish data, which makes up the majority of the records, were collected during the SNH Loch Survey project.
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Scotland
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