Benthic Organic Matter Stocks In Welsh Upland Rivers During 2013

2013 monthly samples from eight Welsh upland rivers with contrasting moorland and conifer land-use, examining benthic organic matter stocks. The experiment manipulated riparian deciduous leaf addition across control and treatment reaches. Data collection was organized by Dr Isabelle Durance under the NERC-funded DURESS project.

Use Cases

• Analyze the response of coarse and fine particulate organic matter stocks to deciduous leaf addition across moorland and conifer forested reaches.
• Compare benthic organic matter characteristics between control reaches and treatment reaches where leaf addition was applied.
• Examine monthly temporal patterns in organic matter stocks from January to April 2013 across the eight sampling reaches.
• Investigate land-use effects by contrasting organic matter data from Llyn Brianne and Plynlimon sites.

Strengths

• Experimental design includes control and treatment reaches for causal inference on leaf addition effects.
• Data spans eight distinct sampling reaches across two major Welsh upland research sites.
• Monthly sampling provides temporal resolution across a key seasonal period from January to April.

Limitations

• Sample size is limited to eight river reaches, restricting broad geographical inference.
• Temporal coverage is confined to a single year and a four-month experimental window.
• Data granularity is unknown without column details or row counts for statistical power assessment.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Monthly benthic samples collected using a Surber net, with samples processed and sorted by Marian Pye.

Time Range

2013 (January to April)

Freshness

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Geography

Eight upland river reaches in Wales, specifically at Llyn Brianne and Plynlimon sites.