Aging River Carbon (ARC) Project: The Chalk Streams

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For our ‘Proof of Concept’ to hold, we need to test our hypotheses in several rivers.
We have extensive data for CH₄ concentrations from 16 rivers across southern England and will focus on the:

River Itchen (Hampshire)

River Test (Hampshire)

Tadnoll Brook (Dorset)

Bere Stream (Dorset)

R Lambourn (Berkshire)

We are grateful to the following individuals or organisations for access to sample:

Mr Malcom Crabtree of The Leckford Estate: the River Test at Longstock

Mr Tom Davis & Mr Peter Hayes of The Test and Itchen Association: the River Itchen at Itchen Stoke

Tadnoll Brook & the Bere Stream are accessed via the Freshwater Biological Association

Mr Jon Taylor of the Environment Agency for access to the Dorset boreholes