Eight Welsh upland river reaches were sampled monthly from December 2012 to April 2013 to examine suspended organic matter stocks. The experiment contrasted moorland and conifer forest sites, with half the reaches receiving deciduous leaf additions and half serving as controls. Data collection was organized by Dr Isabelle Durance under the NERC-funded DURESS project.
Use Cases
- Analyze suspended organic matter stock response to deciduous leaf addition across eight contrasting moorland and conifer forest reaches.
- Compare coarse and fine particulate organic matter dynamics before and after leaf addition from December 2012 to April 2013.
- Model relationships between land-use type (moorland vs. exotic conifer) and organic matter stocks in response to experimental treatment.
Strengths
- Experimental design includes control and treatment groups across eight distinct sampling reaches.
- Monthly sampling provides temporal resolution across a five-month period from December 2012 to April 2013.
- Data originates from a structured NERC-funded research project (DURESS) with documented methodology.
Limitations
- Sample size is limited to eight river reaches across two primary sites, restricting broad statistical inference.
- Temporal coverage is confined to a single winter-spring season, lacking multi-year or seasonal representation.
- Data granularity is unknown; specific column names, row counts, and measurement variables are not provided in the input.
Provenance
- Source
- Environmental Information Data Centre
- Collection Method
- Monthly water filtration to collect suspended organic matter samples before and after experimental deciduous leaf addition in controlled and treatment river reaches.
- Time Range
- December 2012 to April 2013
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Eight upland river reaches at Llyn Brianne and Plynlimon sites in Wales, UK.