JNCC Conservation of River Macrophyte Database (3rd Party Data)
A copy of a Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) database used in the conservation of river macrophytes containing a collation of data on: Site Information, Survey Information, Plants, Physical Data, Fish and Invertebrate data. The database is managed by the Freshwater Lead Co-ordination Network, the data is owned by individual conservation agencies or even individuals and contains NRWs River Macrophyte data. The purpose of this data capture was to collate data on a variety of river sites across Wales. The database is not fully populated: some invert and fish sections have few records, though most of the coverage is reasonably comprehensive.
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Identification
- Identifier
- EXT_DS24275
- Alternative Title
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- JNCC River Macrophytes Database (RMD)
- Cronfa Ddata Cadwraeth Macroffytau Afon
- Metadata Language
- English
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Data for the collation is derived from a variety of sources, including conservation agencies or individuals. It includes data from over 7,000 survey sites. Data have been collected from all over the UK between 1977 and the present day, following the methods of Holmes et al. (1999). NRW contribute to this database, however JNCC act as distributors by making the information available through the JNCC website as an MS Access database. The RMD is an ‘active’ database (i.e. survey records are still be added). However, with a new standard method of river plant survey now being adopted by the UK conservation agencies (i.e. the LEAFPACS method), it is likely that less surveys will be added in future, and it may develop into more of a 'legacy' database. The publically available version of this database has some information redacted.
- Additional Information
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Further information is available via the JNCC website http://archive.jncc.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=58 15
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2013-12-31
Extent
Extent
- Geographic Extent
- Wales (WLS)
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Vertical Extent
- Medin Extent Keyword
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benthic boundary layer; water column
Distribution
Distribution
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Database
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MS Access database. NRW also receive an export of welsh data as an excel spreadsheet.
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Database
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- Resource Locator
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JNCC River Macrophyte database
World Wide Web page
Quality
Data quality
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Conformity
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
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Data for the collation is derived from a variety of sources, including conservation agencies or individuals. It includes data from over 7,000 survey sites. Data have been collected from all over the UK between 1977 and the present day, following the methods of Holmes et al. (1999). NRW contribute to this database, however JNCC act as distributors by making the information available through the JNCC website as an MS Access database. The RMD is an ‘active’ database (i.e. survey records are still be added). However, with a new standard method of river plant survey now being adopted by the UK conservation agencies (i.e. the LEAFPACS method), it is likely that less surveys will be added in future, and it may develop into more of a 'legacy' database. The publically available version of this database has some information redacted.
Keywords
Keywords
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- Theme
Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-06-01
Keywords
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NRW Thesaurus
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- river conservation
- freshwater fauna
- aquatic ecology
- freshwater (fresh water, open water) (see also freshwater ecology) (see also inland waters,rivers,lakes)
- aquatic botany
- rivers (see also specific river names)
- aquatic plants (water plants)
- aquatic macrophytes
- freshwater fish
- river ecology (see also river habitat)
- river vegetation
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2026-03-04
Keywords
Keywords
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NRW SMNR Keywords
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- Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR)
- Ecosystem (SMNR)
- Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
- Animals, Plants and Other Organisms (SMNR)
- Management Areas (SMNR)
- Water Quality (SMNR)
- Water Resources (SMNR)
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- Theme
Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-06-26
Spatial Reference System
Content
Content Information
NRW Profile
Custom Elements
Constraints
Constraints
Limitations on Public Access and Use
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Access Constraints Directive
- Limitations
- no limitations
Access Constraints Text
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This data is comprised of a mixture of third party owned records and NRW records, the collation is managed and distributed by JNCC. NRW may provide access to this dataset on request, however, enquirers are advised to obtain a copy from the owner/originator directly, rather than NRW.
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© CNC/NRW, SNH, NE, DAERA and JNCC 2011 Publically available data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and owners copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose. You must acknowledge the source of the information in your product or application by including or linking to the following attribution statement: 'River Macrophytes Database published by JNCC. Contains Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Natural England (NE), Natural Resources Wales (NRW), and Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) data © copyright and database right 2011.'
Metadata
Metadata
- File Identifier
- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-3234323735 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2026-06-26T07:30:03.774Z
- Metadata Standard Name
- NRW
- Metadata Standard Version
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1.0