Dargall Lane - United Kingdom

Basic Information
Site Name
Dargall Lane
Short name
UWMN_09
Country
United Kingdom
Web Address
Dargall Lane on UWMN
Site Manager
Don Monteith
Site Description
UK Upland Waters Monitoring Network (UK UWMN) site. The Dargall Lane catchment is a sub catchment of Loch Dee, Galloway, south-west Scotland. The catchment rises from 260 m at the sampling station to 716 m at Lamachan Hill. The underlying geology is complicated and includes Silurian and Ordovician greywackes, shales and mudstones, and granite/gneiss intrusions. Rankers are the dominant soil type covering some 80% of the catchment, with peaty podsols and subalpine soils comprising the remainder. The vegetation of this moorland catchment is characterised by Molinia and Calluna. Land-use was traditionally confined to low-intensity sheep grazing. In 2002 however cattle were introduced to a small area, away from the stream, at the bottom of the catchment. Annual rainfall is c. 2400 mm. Note: The area is the size of the catchment.
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2023-07-28 11:07:43

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1988
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
UK Upland Waters Monitoring Network✖ (UWMN_9)The affiliation of this site with "UK Upland Waters Monitoring Network" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
UK Eutrophying and Acidifying atmospheric Pollutants network (UKEAP)✖The affiliation of this site with "UK Eutrophying and Acidifying atmospheric Pollutants network (UKEAP)" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 55.06986 Longitude: -4.437275

Size
ca. 210.00ha
Elevation (average)
488.00msl
Elevation (min)
260.00msl
Elevation (max)
716.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water rivers
Biome
Fresh Water Rivers
Ecosystem Type
Rivers
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Inland surface waters (C)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface running waters (C2)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
6.00°C
Precipitation Annual
2400.00mm
Geology
Silurian and Ordovician greywackes, shales, mudstones with granite/gneiss intrusions
Vegetation
Grazed moorland characterised by Molinia and Calluna
Soils
Podsols; peat gleys; blanket peat
Hydrology
A straight section of stream approximately 4 m wide and characterised by a boulder and cobble substrate is utilised for biological sampling. Bryophyte cover is relatively high and the upper portion of the section has many riffles.
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
not applicable
Design of Observation
only observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Permanent Operation
No
Operation Notes
Chemistry sampled monthly. Biological measurements made annually
Site Visit Interval
30
General Data Policy
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
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