EPA River Biologists data

General information about data set.

General
Geographical
Temporal
Surveys
Attributes
Species

Data Provider

Environmental Protection Agency

Contact Name:	John Lucey
Contact E-mail:	J.Lucey@epa.ie
Address:	Environmental Protection Agency, Seville Lodge, Callan Road, Kilkenny
Website:	http://www.epa.ie/

Data Set Details

Description

Riverine flora and fauna

Date uploaded to database

28/06/2011 17:45:00

Last updated

17/07/2012 10:32:00

Purpose of data capture

Assessment of river biological quality

Methods of data capture

Data collected as part of the river monitoring programme undertaken by the Environmental Protection Agency

Geographical coverage

Republic of Ireland

Temporal coverage

2005 to 2009

Data quality

All the data is validated by trained biologists

Data Set Status

Contains all species level data collected as part of the survey. Data is unpublished

Additional information sources

Background on the river monitoring programme is provided on the EPA's websites http://www.epa.ie/

Data Set Use

Access constraint

None

Use constraint

Any use of the data must acknowledge the data provider.

Data Set Statistics

Number of records

29587

Number of recorded sites

1164

Number of recorded species

Number of recorded surveys