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North East Scotland Mosses and Liverworts (1950-2014)

Dataset homepage

Citation

North East Scotland Biological Records Centre (2017). North East Scotland Mosses and Liverworts (1950-2014). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/wgzruc accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-20.

Description

Bryophyte records held at North-East Scotland Biological Records Centre - various surveys and casual observations. This dataset does not include records that are understood to be held on the NBN already from the British Bryological Society.

Purpose

Casual recording. The majority of records are casual records submitted by volunteer recorders.

Sampling Description

Quality Control

Records have been submitted to varying levels of verification. Some critical species have been verified by local and national experts though many of the historical records may not have been verified. Good confidence in data validity. Data validated and processed by NESBReC.

Method steps

  1. Miscellaneous recording methods; mostly casual records.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Records compiled from North-East Scotland (administrative areas of Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Moray and Cairngorms National Park). Records collected at a variety of spatial scales ranging from 2 to 10 figure grid references.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
North East Scotland Biological Records Centre
Westburn Road
Aberdeen
AB16 5GB
Telephone: 01224 664164
email: nesbrec@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
homepage: http://www.nesbrec.org.uk
metadata author
North East Scotland Biological Records Centre
Westburn Road
Aberdeen
AB16 5GB
Telephone: 01224 664164
email: nesbrec@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
homepage: http://www.nesbrec.org.uk
distributor
NBN Atlas
Unit F, 14 - 18 St Mary's Gate, Lace Market
Nottingham
NG1 1PF
Nottinghamshire
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
Glenn Roberts
administrative point of contact
email: nesbrec@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
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