As we are not yet serving data requests here are some people who may be able to help if you need data now.
The sites have been listed in order of their local relevance. Local sites first, followed by regional, national and then international.
North & East Yorkshire Ecological Data Centre (NEYEDC) is the operating name of the North & East Yorkshire Ecological Data Trust.
The aim of NEYEDC is to improve and inform environmental planning and stewardship in North and East Yorkshire through the collation, management and dissemination of biodiversity information.
NEYEDC covers the administrative areas of North and East Yorkshire, including the unitary authorities of York and Hull, and the two national parks.
The Yorkshire & Humber Environment Hub is a project run by the Regional Environment Forum. The aim of the Hub is to provide summary level information at the regional level. We will be collating and providing some of this information to the Hub.
The Yorkshire and Humber Biodiversity Forum is an association of organisations committed to supporting Biodiversity through action for sustainable development and to promoting positive partnerships with regional and local agencies, organisations, individuals and groups.
Magic is the first web-based interactive map to bring together information on key environmental schemes and designations in one place. Magic is a partnership project involving seven government organisations who have responsibilities for rural policy-making and management, and although it has been designed to meet the needs of the partner organisations, the facility is available to anyone over the Internet.
Magic have interactive mapping capabilities for a bunch of things like land use, habitats and site designation boundaries and a range of static maps. Much of the data is public domain and available for download.
The National Biodiversity Network aggregate data from local record centres across the country. The Gateway is a searchable biodiversity database of this data.
The Gateway site allows you to view distribution maps and download UK wildlife data by using a variety of interactive tools.
The Environment Agency website holds a great deal of data about air and water quality, flood risk management and other environmental issues with a map interface searchable by postcode.
The English Nature website allows you to download GIS files or image files showing the conservation site designation boundaries by area. It also has a searchable map interface.
Naturenet is a voluntary enterprise to provide a good online resource for practical nature conservation and countryside management. They are based in the UK, and most of the information available on Naturenet relates to the UK, particularly England.
Ecotoxicology is a huge subject and is way beyond the scope of the data centre. There are various organisations and databases devoted to the subject.
Not everything has been tested with everything else so typically it is a judgement call to pick a suitably similar species that has been tested against the given chemical. It's probably best to get an ecologist to make that judgement call. If you want us to get that done then drop us a line from the contact page. Alternately you can contact the organisations directly below.
INCA on Teesside have done a lot of work on ecotoxicology on their patch which may be useful. It isn't online at the moment but if you drop them a line they may well be able to help.
The EPA site allows you to search their database online.