River macroinvertebrate data for 2005 and 2006
Citation
Scottish Environment Protection Agency (2022). River macroinvertebrate data for 2005 and 2006. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/knxcqi accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-12.Description
Family level and species level data from river monitoring stations across Scotland
Purpose
Sampling Description
Quality Control
Data subject to both internal analytical quality control (AQC) and to external audit, and to conformance with SEPA quality system. Further inform is available from SEPA Ecology UnitsMethod steps
- 3-minute kick sampling method as routinely employed for water quality monitoring by the agency. The sampling method is designed to capture a representative sample of benthic macroinvertebrates from the riffle areas of rivers. It is non quantitative. The samples are routinely analysed to family level for most macroinvertebrate families. Further details of the sampling method, equipment used etc. are available from SEPA Ecology Units
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Sites across Scotland on main rivers, selected to provide a representative assessment of water quality in those rivers.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
originatorScottish Environment Protection Agency
metadata author
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
distributor
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Cathy Bennett
administrative point of contact
email: cathy.bennett@sepa.org.uk