River Lambourn Aquatic Macrophyte Surveys 2009-2014

Monthly surveys recorded the cover and area of three aquatic macrophyte species across four transects on the River Lambourn from March 2009 to September 2014. The data provides estimates for the wetted channel area and plant coverage, focusing on Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseudofluitans, Callitriche platycarpa, and Berula erecta within a 600-meter river reach.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal trends in macrophyte cover for species like Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseudofluitans across shaded and unshaded transects.
• Model relationships between wetted channel area estimates and plant coverage for Callitriche platycarpa and Berula erecta.
• Compare macrophyte area data between shallow/fast-flowing and deep/slow-flowing transect locations over the 5-year period.

Strengths

• Data collected monthly over a 5.5-year period from March 2009 to September 2014.
• Surveys cover four distinct transects representing different flow and shading conditions.
• Focus on three specific macrophyte species with identified hybrids, providing targeted ecological data.

Limitations

• Unknown row count and column structure limits immediate assessment of dataset scale and features.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single 600-meter reach of the River Lambourn in Berkshire.
• Data collection ended in 2014, making it temporally stale for analyzing current ecological conditions.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Monthly field surveys designed to estimate area and cover of aquatic macrophytes and wetted channel.

Time Range

March 11, —2009 to September 30, 2014

Freshness

Data collection ended in 2014; metadata was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

A 600 m reach of the River Lambourn at Boxford, Berkshire, United Kingdom.