Measurement calendar
Indicates the field activities we undertake on a month-by-month basis
Terrestrial sites
| Met, PC, SS, NO2, NH31 | Frogs | Moths | Butterflies | Ground beetles (carabids) | Spiders | Grazers | Birds2 | Bats | Spittle bugs |
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1 Met: Automatic & manual meteorology; PC: Precipitation chemistry; SS: Soil solution chemistry; NO2: Atmospheric nitrogen dioxide; NH3: Atmospheric ammonia
2 Bird transect walked twice during April to June
Freshwater sites
| Chemistry | Surface Water Discharge | Phytoplankton | Zooplankton1 | Invertebrates | Diatoms | Macrophytes | |
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1 Lakes only
General notes
- Schedules may vary a little from site-to-site
- Browse our measurements using the main menu to the left
