Scotland River Temperature Monitoring Network (SRTMN)

Collaborating organisations

• Marine Scotland Science (MSS) Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory
• University of Birmingham

Original SRTMN Collaborators

• Argyll Fisheries Trust
• Ayrshire Rivers Trust
• Caithness District Salmon Fishery Board
• Galloway Fisheries Trust
• Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries Trust
• River Brora District Salmon Fishery Board
• River Dee Trust
• Spey Foundation
• Tweed Foundation

New SRTMN Collaborators

• Conon District Salmon Fishery Board
• Forth Rivers Trust
• Northern District Salmon Fishery Board

The design of the SRTMN was delivered through a scientific collaboration between Marine Scotland Science Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory (MSS-FFL) and the University of Birmingham. Data collection, quality control and storage are delivered through collaboration between MSS-FFL, local river and fisheries trusts and boards that allows the efficient use of collective resources to provide a co-ordinated response to monitoring and understanding of thermal regimes in Scottish rivers.

Schematic diagram showing the varying roles of SRTM collaborators that include survey design; land access permission; logger calibration, deployment, download and maintenance; database infrastructure; quality control; data analysis and publication. Marine Scotland Science is involved in all aspects of the work. River and fisheries trusts and boards facilitate requests to access land and undertake logger deployment, maintenance and download. Local landowners grant permission for monitoring. Collaborators at the University of Birmingham have contributed towards network design, data analysis and publication.