Esthwaite Water - United Kingdom

Basic Information
Site Name
Esthwaite Water
Short name
L05
Country
United Kingdom
Web Address
ECN website
Esthwaite Water on UK Lakes Portal
Operating Organisation
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
Site Manager
Heidrun Feuchtmayr
Site Description
UK ECN Site. Esthwaite Water is a natural lake situated in a glacial valley and is generally agreed to be the most productive or eutrophic lake in the English Lake District. It lies approximately 65 m above sea level and has an area of 1 km2 and a maximum depth of 15.5 m. The average retention time is 90 days. The catchment area is 17.1 km 2 and the hills are composed geologically of Bannisdale slates and grits. The surrounding land is used chiefly for agricultural purposes and forestry. The lake is a grade 1 Site of Special Scientific Interest and has been a designated "Ramsar" site since November 1991. The diverse aquatic invertebrate fauna includes a number of species with restricted distributions in Britain, one of which is ...
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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1994
Observed properties
chemical parameterwater parameterecosystem parameterbiological parameterammoniumcontentammoniumnitrateconcentrationammoniumnitrogencontentavailablephosphoruschlorophyllacontentinwaterdissolvednutrientdissolvedorganiccarboninwaterdissolvedorganicnitrogenoxygensaturationpHvalueofwatertotalorganiccarbonwateraciditywateralkalinityconductivitydissolvedorganicphosphoruslakelevellaketemperatureoxygensaturationsecchidepthwateraciditywateralkalinitywaterdepthwaterlevelwaterqualitywatertemperaturewatertransparencyalgaespeciesabundancealgaespeciespresencebenthicinvertebratesabundancebenthicinvertebratespresencefishabundanceinorganicnutrientcontentphytoplanktonabundancezooplanktonabundancenitrogencontent
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
UK ECN✔ (LTER_EU_UK_005)This site is a verified "UK ECN" member.
Projects
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
Photos
Esthwaite Water
Esthwaite Water
Geographic
2 km
1 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 54.35 Longitude: -2.98333

Size
ca. 100.00ha
Elevation (average)
177.00msl
Elevation (min)
65.00msl
Elevation (max)
290.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water lakes
Biome
Fresh Water Lakes
Ecosystem Type
Lakes
Fresh Water Lakes
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Inland surface waters (C)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
7.44°C
Precipitation Annual
2290.50mm
Geology
Bannisdale slates and grits
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area
Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Observation devices » Marine Platform
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » Unknown number of beds
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » Central station(s)
Equipment notes
For 'Marine platform' read 'Automated monitoring station'. See: http://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/uk-lake-ecological-observatory-network-ukleon. There is accommodation nearby
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
Yes
Operation Notes
ECN freshwater monitoring is carried out at least once per month, if not more frequently. This lake also has an automated monitoring buoy which is serviced on a fortnightly basis.
Site Visit Interval
30
Maintenance Interval
14
Data Policy URL
http://data.ecn.ac.uk/datapolicy.asp
LTER Site Classification
Regular
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
1 dataset(s) in total:
Esthwaite Water: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) water temperature 1994-2004
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.