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Metadatabase view - dataset: Monitoring data from the federal state Saxony (Germany)

General information

dataset entry ID:
BFE_93
name of the dataset:
full name of the dataset:
Monitoring data from the federal state Saxony (Germany)
dataset short name:
Monitoring data Saxony
type of dataset (more information):
species distribution data
data type:
point data/observation data
short description of the dataset/summary:
The dataset consists of occurrence data of the aquatic organism groups fish, macroinvertebrates and macrophytes that were sampled in the German federal state Saxony between 2007 and 2011. The sampling was conducted according to the protocols of the national monitoring programme for implementation of the Water Framework Directive.
keywords according to GCMD:
topic:
Biosphere
ISO topic category according to ISO 19115:
Biota, Inland Waters
INSPIRE keywords according to GEMET:
own science keywords:
Monitoring data, Water Framework Directive, Fish, Macroinvertebrates, Macrophytes

Technical and administrative specifications

data format:
Excel
operating system:
all operating systems
data language:
German
current access level:
restricted access
currently available through GBIF:
no
exchange planned:
no
Do you plan to publish the data on the Freshwater Biodiversity Data Portal:
update level:
update planned
documentation:
type:
internal description
language:
German
contact details:
metadata contact person:
first, last name:
Veronica
 
Dahm
phone:
(+49)2011834724
email:
veronica.dahm@uni-due.de
institution:
University of Duisburg-Essen
address:
Universitätsstrasse 5
postal code, city:
45141
 
Essen
province, state:
North Rhine-Westphalia
country:
Germany
technical contact person:
first, last name:
Veronica
 
Dahm
phone:
(+49)2011834724
email:
veronica.dahm@uni-due.de
scientific contact person:
first, last name:
Kerstin
 
Jenemann
phone:
(+49)35189284407
email:
Kerstin.Jenemann@smul.sachsen.de
comments:
Address of scientific contact person:
Kerstin Jenemann (Macrophytes and Macroinvertebrates)
Jean Signer (Fish, email: Jean.Signer@smul.sachsen.de )
Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie, Postfach 540137, 01311 Dresden, Germany

Intellectual property rights and citation

dataset publisher
BioFresh
dataset creator (data compiler):
contact name:
Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie
contact email:
Postfach 54 01 37, 01311 Dresden, Germany; Kerstin.Jenemann@smul.sachsen.de
data contributors to/owners of this dataset:
single
criteria for using this dataset:
The dataset is publicly available (data portal, data archive) and can be used without restrictions, but must be acknowledged and cited correctly.
citation of this dataset:
author(s):
Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie
title and journal (name, number, pages):
River monitoring data from the federal state Saxony (Germany) of the years 2007 - 2011.
year:
2011
doi (if applicable):
https://doi.org/10.13148/bfe93
citation of the metadata:
comments:
No claim is made that the data gives a complete picture of occurrence since the sampling stations in the dataset do not cover all waterbodies. The resource creator does not guarantee for the correctness of the data

General data specifications

regional coverage of the dataset:
spatial extent of the dataset:
regional
continents:
Europe
spatial extent (bounding coordinates):
southernmost latitude [°]:
50.1
northernmost latitude [°]:
51.7
westernmost longitude [°]:
11.8
easternmost longitude [°]:
15.1
        
minimum altitude:
71
 
metres
maximum altitude:
960
 
metres
countries:
Europe: Germany
comments:
Federal state Saxony
freshwater ecoregions of the world (FEOW) according to WWF:
 
Europe:
Central & Western Europe
European ecoregions according to Illies (WFD):
Central Highlands (ER9), Central Plains (ER14)
ecosystem type:
rivers
covered timeframe:
year from
2007
 
year to:
2011

Site specifications

coordinate system/grid data:
datum (e.g. WGS84):
WGS84
grid data available:
no
site coding available:
yes
alphanumerical
example:
SN_OBF34101
number of sites:
>1000
exact number of sites:
1539

Biological data

biological data origin:
from sampling
specify project:
WFD operational monitoring
specify method:
organism group addressed:
fish, macro-invertebrates, macrophytes

Sample resolution

fish

taxonomic resolution:
species
percentage of species level data:
100
taxonomic coding:
taxalist according to:
Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt: Taxaliste der Gewässerorganismen Deutschlands
coding system:
DV_NR
example:
9020
sample specifications:

macro-invertebrates

taxonomic resolution:
family, genus, species
percentage of species level data:
65
comments:
Percentage is an approximate value.
taxonomic coding:
taxalist according to:
Perlodes: Operationelle Taxaliste (Version Mai 2011)
coding system:
ID_ART
example:
5095
sample specifications:

macrophytes

taxonomic resolution:
genus, species
percentage of species level data:
85
comments:
Percentage is an approximate value.
taxonomic coding:
taxalist according to:
Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt: Taxaliste der Gewässerorganismen Deutschlands
coding system:
DV_NR
example:
2258
sample specifications:

Other specifications

GIS layers, shape files related to the dataset:
no data available
quality control procedures:
Were any quality control procedures applied to your dataset?
yes
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