Programme
Environmental Change Network
The ECN, launched in January of 1992, is a cross department UK monitoring program aimed at identification of the causes and effects of Environmental Change across the UK. Network consisted of 12 sites: one run by Forest Research. It has a sampling network of 12 terrestrial and 45 freshwater sampling locations provide long term data sets of variables thought to be of environmental importance, to allow integration and analysis of these and identify natural and man induced changes and distinguish between short term fluctuation and long term change.
General Information
- Objectives
- To provide long term data sets of variables thought to be of environmental importance, to allow integration and analysis of these and identify natural and man induced changes and distinguish between short term fluctuation and long term change. To gain a better understanding of the effects of air pollution, climate change and other stress factors affecting UK ecosystems. To provide detailed freely available data for research programs, scientific analysis and model development to aid in the identification and mitigation of the effects of climate change. To provide data and advise for policy from UK perspective.
- Environmental domain
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Biosphere
Freshwater - Purpose Of collection
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Innovation/advancing science
Statuory advice
Policy - Parameters measured
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mammal
butterfly
invertebrate
habitat
plant (biology)
bird
Moths
Bats
meteorology
air quality
atmospheric deposition
ground vegetation
Increment
Soil analysis
soil water
ground beetles
spittle bugs
rabbits
frog - Essential climate variables
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River discharge
Land cover
Soil moisture
Aoil carbon - Lifespan
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From 1992-01-01
- Measurement Regime
- variable
- Links to data
- http://www.ecn.ac.uk/data
Location
- Bounding box
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Costs/Funding
- Categories
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Public sector funding
- Future Funding Status
- Unsure
Contacts
- Lead organisation
- Susannah Rennie Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Crowmarsh Gifford Wallingford OXON OX10 8BB UK ecnccu@ceh.ac.uk +44 (0)1491 838800 http://www.ceh.ac.uk/
- Other
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency Erskine Court, Castle Business Park STIRLING FK9 4TR UK 01786 457700
- Other
- Defra
- Other
- Scottish Government
- Other
- Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory
- Other
- Natural Resources Wales
- Other
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency Gasworks Business Park, Lower Ormeau Road BELFAST BT7 2JA UK
- Other
- Natural England Northminster House SHEFFIELD S1 2ET UK enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk 01733455000
- Other
- Natural Environment Research Council North Star Avenue Swindon WILTSHIRE SN2 1EU UK +44 (0)1793 411500
- Lead funder
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Lancaster Environment Centre Library Avenue Bailrigg LANCASTER LA1 4AP United Kingdom ecnccu@ceh.ac.uk +44(0)1524 595800 http://www.ceh.ac.uk/
- Funder
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency Erskine Court STIRLING FK9 4TR United Kingdom 01786 457700 www.sepa.org.uk
- Funder
- Defra
- Funder
- Scottish Government
- Funder
- Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory
- Funder
- Natural Resources Wales
- Funder
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency Cromac Avenue BELFAST BT7 2JA United Kingdom www.ni-environment.gov.uk
- Funder
- Natural England Natural England SHEFFIELD S1 2ET United Kingdom enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk 01733455000 www.naturalengland.org.uk
- Funder
- Natural Environment Research Council North Star Avenue Swindon WILTSHIRE SN2 1EU United Kingdom +44 (0)1793 411500 http://www.nerc.ac.uk
Metadata
- Publication status
- PUBLIC
- Record identifier
- cf0bc6c0-efc8-11e3-ac10-0800200c9a66
- Last modified
- 2017-08-24 10:58:18
- Metadata author
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Topic categories
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Environment
Inland Waters
Climatology / Meteorology / Atmosphere - Other identifier
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Envirobase 1320563
UKEOF 458958