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ECN Core Measurements

The measurements made by ECN cover a wide range of physical, chemical and biological 'driving and response' variables identified as being important for the assessment of environmental change.  The suite of variables is measured at all ECN sites using published, standard protocols.  The intention is that ECN provides a broad baseline of integrated environmental information relevant to a range of current environmental issues (e.g. climate change, water pollution, biodiversity, atmospheric pollution) and future, less obvious, issues.  There are many projects that focus on long term environmental change in particular aspects of the environment, but ECN's principle strength lies in its multidisciplinary approach, enabling the analysis of important relationships between environmental variables and across ecosystem components. 

This interface provides information on the measurements ECN makes, including the reasons why they were included in the suite of measurements.  Choose a measurement from the lists below.   Use the 'View information' button to view the information and the 'Reset' button to clear any selections.

A summary of all the measurements made at ECN sites is also available.