Peatland Stream Water Chemistry from Hare Moss, Scotland, 2024-2025

The MERLIN project dataset from the Environmental Information Data Centre comprises bi-weekly water chemistry measurements from peatland streams near Penicuik, Scotland, collected in 2024 and 2025. It includes concentrations of dissolved organic carbon, total dissolved nitrogen, particulate organic carbon, phosphorus species, and greenhouse gases. The data provides a baseline characterization before a planned restoration at the sampling site in 2026.

Use Cases

• Establishing baseline water chemistry conditions based on the described bi-weekly sampling before a 2026 restoration.
• Analyzing temporal trends in dissolved organic carbon and nutrient concentrations mentioned in the description.
• Modeling greenhouse gas fluxes (CH4, CO2, N2O) from peatland streams based on the dissolved gas measurements.
• Investigating relationships between optical properties (Abs 254, SUVA) and organic carbon content described in the dataset.

Strengths

• Data covers a defined two-year baseline period (2024-2025) before a planned intervention.
• Includes multiple related water chemistry parameters (DOC, TdN, POC, TP, SRP, Abs 254, SUVA, CH4, CO2, N2O) as described.
• Sampling methodology is specified as bi-weekly in situ water collection with subsequent lab analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific modeling tasks.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single site in Scotland.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Bi-weekly collection of water samples in situ, with concentrations derived via subsequent sample processing and analysis.

Time Range

2024-2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 16:12:11.087367; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Peatland streams near Penicuik, Scotland (Hare Moss)