Waterbase - Biology in rivers (3 tables)

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This separate dataset contains data for the biological quality elements (BQEs) phytobenthos and macroinvertebrates from WISE-SoE river monitoring stations. The data are reported as ecological quality ratios (EQRs) (for more explanation, see illustration in additional information part) together with information on the national classification systems for ecological status. The dataset is a result of the first regular data flow for Biological elements in rivers and lakes (2011) and it is the first time the biological data are published in Waterbase. In the next updates the data will be published in one dataset together with the other Waterbase rivers data.

Category

European data

Table definition

Physical Characteristics of River Monitoring Stations (Waterbase_rivers_v12_StationsBiology, 4688 records)

Physical Characteristics of the WISE-SoE River monitoring stations containing biological data.

Field name	Definition	Note	data type
RecordID	Unique record identifier		long
RecordReported	Date when the records was reported by the data provider		text(10)
CountryCode	Abbreviation of EEA Member or Collaborating Country from which territory the data come from.	ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code elements	text(2)
WaterbaseID	Internally produced, unique Waterbase identifier	combination of CountryCode, '_RV_' and NationalStationID	text(100)
NationalStationID	Identifier of the river monitoring station, unique at the national level.		text(100)
NationalStationName	National name of the monitoring station		text(150)
WFDstation	Specification yes / no, whether the monitoring station was reported to European Commission as Water Framework Directive, Article 8 monitoring station.		text(3)
WFD_EU_CD	Unique international identifier of the monitoring station under which the station was reported as WFD Art.8 monitoring station.		text(50)
RiverName	National name of river.		text(150)
WaterCategory	Water Category, as defined in the codelist.		text(2)
WaterBodyID	National identification code of water body in which station is located		text(50)
WaterBodyName	Name of water body in which station is located.		text(255)
CatchmentName	Name of major catchment or basin.		text(150)
RBDcode	River Basin District Code		text(50)
RBDname	Name of the River Basin District.		text(150)
Region	National region in which water body is located		text(50)
SeaAreaName	Name of the local sea into which the river discharges or in which the TCM station is located.		text(150)
SeaRegionName	Name of regional sea of which local sea area is a part.		text(150)
SeaConventionArea	Name of Marine Convention area of which regional sea is a part.		text(8)
Longitude	International geographical longitude (x) co-ordinate in decimal degrees format.		decimal
Latitude	International geographical latitude (x) co-ordinate in decimal degrees format.		decimal
CatchmentArea	Catchment area upstream of the station, in kilometres squared.		single
Altitude	Altitude of station in metres above sea level.		long
RepresentativeStation	Station is representative, reflecting general quality of rivers/lakes/transitional or coastal water bodies or marine water areas.		text(1)
ReferenceStation	Station is reference station - found in catchments or associated River Basin Districts with little or no human activity, natural landscape higher than 90%, and minimally impacted by inflow from adjacent coastal or marine waters.		text(1)
ImpactStation	Station is impact station - located within the zone where initial mixing of discharges takes place with receiving waters.		text(1)
LargestStation	Station is largest station - most important station, including the nationally most important or well known rivers or lakes.		text(1)
FluxStation	Station is flux station - used for assessment of international, transboundary loads or loads entering Europe's Seas.		text(1)
Geology	The dominnt geology in the catchment, given according to the WFD Annex 2 categories.	siliceous, calcareous, organic (peat)	text(50)
WaterColourAverage	Long-term average concentration of water colour, expressing the concentration of humic substances at the station.		single
WaterColourLevel	Average level of water colour as defined by the WFD intercalibration typology.	low (90 mg/l Pt = polyhumic).	text(8)
AlkalinityAverage	Long-term average of alkalinity of water at the station		single
AlkalinityLevel	Long-term average level of alkalinity as defined by the WFD intercalibration typology.	low alk. (1 meq/L)	text(8)
HMWB	River/Lake is identified as heavily modified in terms of hydromorphological impacts, such as impoundments and high water level fluctuations, according to WFD-compliant national guidelines		text(1)
ArtificialWB	Station is located in an artificial water body, (e.g. artificial water reservoir) in terms of hydromorphological impacts, such as impoundments and high water level fluctuations, according to WFD-compliant national guidelines.		text(1)
Purpose	The purpose of the monitoring station in terms of to which directives, conventions or agreements will the data from the station be used for reporting.		text(255)
LengthFromSource	River length from source to monitoring station in kilometres		single
RiverDischarge	Mean long term annual river discharge in m3 /s at the monitoring station.		single
SubsiteLocation	Location of the river sub-site in relation to the principal monitoring site.		text(50)
Remarks	Remarks, comments or explanatory notes		text(255)
CountryCodeETC	Specification of region within country, in case of more than one data provider per country.	BE-FL = Flanders, BE-WA = Wallonia; GB-EW = England & Wales, GB-NI = Northern Ireland, GB-SC = Scotland	text(5)
QA_station_issues	Quality assessment field - stations data quality issues flag	List of codes of station data issues detected in the record. Details are explained in the QA documentation.	text(100)
QA_DDviolations	Quality assessment field - data definition errors	List of field names and their values where values that do not follow the official specifications. Details are explained in the QA documentation.	memo

Biology in Rivers (Waterbase_rivers_v12_Biology, 8678 records)

EQR (ecological quality ratio) values for phytobenthos and macroinvertebrates in rivers measured at WISE-SoE river monitoring stations.

Field name	Definition	Note	data type
RecordID	Unique record identifier		long
RecordReported	Date when the records was reported by the data provider		text(10)
CountryCode	Abbreviation of EEA Member or Collaborating Country from which territory the data come from.	ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code elements	text(2)
WaterCategory	Water Category, as defined in the codelist.		text(2)
WaterbaseID	Internally produced, unique Waterbase identifier	combination of CountryCode, '_RV_' and NationalStationID	text(100)
NationalStationID	Identifier of the river monitoring station, unique at the national level.		text(100)
WaterbodyTypeNCS	Type of waterbody type as used in the national classification system.		text(255)
WaterbodyTypeIC	Type of waterbody as defined by the WFD Intercalibration process		text(255)
Year	Year of aggregation period in which samples were taken/Year in which sample was taken.		long
AggregationPeriod	Period of aggregation of measurement data.		text(20)
AggregationMonths	Detailed specification of aggregation period by months.		text(150)
AggregationLength	Number of months in aggregation period.		long
DeterminandBiology	Impact-specific determinand name for biological metrics.		text(255)
UnitBiology	Unit of biological metrics.		text(255)
BQE	Biological Quality Element	PB = phytobenthos, MI = macroinvertebrates	text(255)
MetricScale	The scale of the biological metric.	EQR	text(255)
DeterminandStatusClass	Ecological status class of a monitoring station calculated for a single biological quality element.	H = high, G = good, M = moderate, P = poor, B = bad.	text(255)
NumberOfSamples	Number of samples included in aggregated data.		long
MinValue	Minimum disaggregated sample concentration value of the input data used for aggregation.		double
MeanValue	Mean concentration value of aggregated data.		double
MaxValue	Maximum disaggregated sample concentration value of the input data used for aggregation.		double
MedianValue	Median concentration value of aggregated data.		double
StDevValue	Standard deviation of concentration values of aggregated data.		double
TotalDepth	Total depth of water column at the sampling location and at the time of sampling (in meters).		double
NoOfSubsites	Number of subsites		long
MethodSubsitesSpatialAggreg	Method of subsite aggregation - if several subsites across the water body profile are joined into one monitoring station.		text(255)
Remarks	Remarks, comments or explanatory notes		text(255)
CountryCodeETC	Specification of region within country, in case of more than one data provider per country.	BE-FL = Flanders, BE-WA = Wallonia; GB-EW = England & Wales, GB-NI = Northern Ireland, GB-SC = Scotland	text(5)
MeanValueNationalEQR	Mean value of metric converted to EQR scale (Ecological Quality Ratio).	EQR is usually calculated as metric value divided by reference value, but different methods are used depending on the metric and the country.	double
MeanValueNormalisedEQR	Mean value of metric converted to normalised EQR scale (Ecological Quality Ratio).	The normalised EQR is a scaled version of the national EQR, where the boundaries of ecological status classes are 0.8, 0.6, 0.4 and 0.2.	double
QA_MVissues	Quality assessment field - main meassurement value issue flag	A code identifying an issue or an error in the main meassurement value of the record. Details are explained in the QA documentation.	long
QA_LRviolations	Quality assessment field - list of logical rules violations.	List of codes of logical rules violated by record. Details are explained in the QA documentation.	text(100)
QA_outlier	Quality assessment field - outlier flag.	Outlier code assigned to the record. Details are explained in the QA documentation.	long
QA_CRviolations	Quality assessment field - list of chemical rules violations.	List of codes of chemical rules violated by record. Details are explained in the QA documentation.	text(50)
QA_station_issues	Quality assessment field - stations data quality issues flag	List of codes of station data issues detected in the record. Details are explained in the QA documentation.	text(100)
QA_DDviolations	Quality assessment field - data definition errors	List of field names and their values where values that do not follow the official specifications. Details are explained in the QA documentation.	memo

Classification system for Ecological Status Classes in Rivers (Waterbase_rivers_v12_Classification, 1256 records)

Information about national classification system for each biological determinand and waterbody type, including reference conditions and class boundaries for ecological status or potential.

Field name	Definition	Note	data type
RecordID	Unique record identifier		long
RecordReported	Date when the records was reported by the data provider		text(10)
CountryCode	Abbreviation of EEA Member or Collaborating Country from which territory the data come from.	ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code elements	text(2)
WaterCategory	Water Category, as defined in the codelist.		text(2)
DeterminandBiology	Impact-specific determinand name for biological metrics.		text(255)
BQE	Biological Quality Element	PB = phytobenthos, MI = macroinvertebrates	text(255)
ImpactBio	The dominant physical or chemical anthropogenic impact for which the biological metric is an indicator.	Acidification, Eutrophication, General degradation, or Hydromorphology.	text(255)
MetricName	Name or other description of biological metric		text(255)
SamplingMethodBio	Description of the sampling method for biological data		text(50)
AnalysisMethodBio	Description of the analysis method (identification and quantification) for biological data		text(255)
WaterbodyTypeNCS	Type of waterbody type as used in the national classification system.		text(255)
HMWB	River/Lake is identified as heavily modified in terms of hydromorphological impacts, such as impoundments and high water level fluctuations, according to WFD-compliant national guidelines		text(3)
ArtificialWB	Station is located in an artificial water body, (e.g. artificial water reservoir) in terms of hydromorphological impacts, such as impoundments and high water level fluctuations, according to WFD-compliant national guidelines.		text(3)
ReferenceCondition	Ecological reference condition of waterbody	Specific for each biological determinand and waterbody type	Double
HG_Boundary	Boundary between High and Good ecological status classes	Specific for each biological determinand and waterbody type; in national EQR scale	Double
GM_Boundary	Boundary between Good and Moderate ecological status classes	Specific for each biological determinand and waterbody type; in national EQR scale	Double
MP_Boundary	Boundary between Moderate and Poor ecological status classes	Specific for each biological determinand and waterbody type; in national EQR scale	Double
PB_Boundary	Boundary between Poor and Bad ecological status classes	Specific for each biological determinand and waterbody type; in national EQR scale	Double
IntercalibratedDeterminandBiology	Has the biological determinand been intercalibrated?	yes or no	text(3)
IntercalibratedClassBoundaries	Are the class boundaries of the biological determinand correct for the given waterbody type, according to the intercalibration?	yes or no	text(3)
IntercalibratedWaterbodyType	Has the waterbody type been included in intercalibration?	yes or no	text(3)
Remarks	Remarks, comments or explanatory notes		text(255)
CountryCodeETC	Specification of region within country, in case of more than one data provider per country.	BE-FL = Flanders, BE-WA = Wallonia; GB-EW = England & Wales, GB-NI = Northern Ireland, GB-SC = Scotland	text(5)
QA_DDviolations	Quality assessment field - data definition errors	List of field names and their values where values that do not follow the official specifications. Details are explained in the QA documentation.	memo