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Bob Merritt dataset of Nottinghamshire invertebrates

Dataset homepage

Citation

Nottinghamshire Biological and Geological Records Centre (2023). Bob Merritt dataset of Nottinghamshire invertebrates. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/1pcd8f accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-17.

Description

The great majority of records are of wetland invertebrates, especially water beetles and water bugs, with a significant minority being of spiders, rove beetles, ground beetles, dragonflies and molluscs, plus a few other groups. Almost all records have been generated during the past 25 years by the fieldwork of Bob Merritt, the exception being a small number of Environment Agency records, the IDs of which were determined/confirmed by him.

Purpose

For personal interest and to increase knowledge of the distribution and local status of species.

Sampling Description

Quality Control

Very good.

Method steps

  1. Most records of aquatic species, and many wetland spiders (often inadvertently), were obtained by means of a pond-net. Most records of non-aquatic species were obtained by sweeping, sieving, grubbing and pitfall-trapping. The IDs of all records were verified either by Bob Merritt or by other people with a very high level of expertise. Records were computerised using Recorder software. All grid references that were not obtained by a GPS unit were established (or checked in the case of Environment Agency data) using a graticule in conjunction with the relevant OS 1:25000 series map.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

The current administrative County of Nottinghamshire and the Watsonian Vice-county of Nottinghamshire (Vc56).

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
Nottinghamshire Biological and Geological Records Centre
metadata author
Nottinghamshire Biological and Geological Records Centre
distributor
NBN Atlas
27 Old Gloucester St, Holborn
London
WC1N 3AX
London
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
Rob Johnson
administrative point of contact
Telephone: 0115 8762192
email: nbgrcg@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
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