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Metadata: 2007 SeaStar Survey Ltd Survey Falmouth maerl bed core and video survey
Abstract:
This survey was conducted for Royal Haskoning Ltd. on behalf of the Falmouth Harbour commission to assess the environmental impact of the proposed expansion of the docks with particular focus on the effect of major dredging of the channel on the benthic habitat and sensitive species. During August and September 2007 SeaStar Survey carried out a Marine Ecological Survey in Falmouth Harbour for Royal Haskoning on behalf of Falmouth Harbour Commissioners and Falmouth Docks and Engineering Co. Ltd. The survey consisted of diver video transects, in situ habitat observations and diver sediment coring. The purpose of the survey was to inform the EIA associated with the development of the Northern Wharf and Queens Wharf areas of Falmouth Docks and proposed capital dredging. Within the project were three main aims:- - To assess the environmental impact of the proposed expansion of the docks with particular focus on the effect of major dredging of the channel on the benthic habitat and sensitive species. The site lies within the Fal and Helford Special Area of Conservation (SAC) with one of the primary features of importance being the reef forming calcareous algae (Phymatolithon calcareum and Lithothamnion corallioides) that form maerl beds. - To assess an area identified as a possible site for the placement of the dredged material. Criteria for this site are:- 1. An area with habitats not deemed to be of conservation value. 2. An area with habitats that could benefit from the introduced material with particular regard to the promotion of new maerl bed formation. - To revisit a number of previously sampled stations in areas historically subjected to commercial dredging in order to inform the EIA on recovery rates of maerl communities
Data holder:
Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH)
Use constraints:
Natural England and DASSH terms and conditions apply.
Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 2120 |
Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | 2007 SeaStar Survey Ltd Survey Falmouth maerl bed core and video survey |
File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 00dac8ad3ca894784193dafb4a5202e6 |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | MM_0162 |
Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2007-08-01 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2007-09-30 |
Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | This survey was conducted for Royal Haskoning Ltd. on behalf of the Falmouth Harbour commission to assess the environmental impact of the proposed expansion of the docks with particular focus on the effect of major dredging of the channel on the benthic habitat and sensitive species. During August and September 2007 SeaStar Survey carried out a Marine Ecological Survey in Falmouth Harbour for Royal Haskoning on behalf of Falmouth Harbour Commissioners and Falmouth Docks and Engineering Co. Ltd. The survey consisted of diver video transects, in situ habitat observations and diver sediment coring. The purpose of the survey was to inform the EIA associated with the development of the Northern Wharf and Queens Wharf areas of Falmouth Docks and proposed capital dredging. Within the project were three main aims:- - To assess the environmental impact of the proposed expansion of the docks with particular focus on the effect of major dredging of the channel on the benthic habitat and sensitive species. The site lies within the Fal and Helford Special Area of Conservation (SAC) with one of the primary features of importance being the reef forming calcareous algae (Phymatolithon calcareum and Lithothamnion corallioides) that form maerl beds. - To assess an area identified as a possible site for the placement of the dredged material. Criteria for this site are:- 1. An area with habitats not deemed to be of conservation value. 2. An area with habitats that could benefit from the introduced material with particular regard to the promotion of new maerl bed formation. - To revisit a number of previously sampled stations in areas historically subjected to commercial dredging in order to inform the EIA on recovery rates of maerl communities |
Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | All data was collected by commercial divers. All diver operations followed HSC Scientific and Archaeological Diving Projects Diving at Work Regulations 1997. Diver survey video acquisition and in situ observation methodologies were based on the following Marine Monitoring Handbook Procedural Guidelines. No. 3-3. In situ survey of subtidal (epibiota) biotopes and species using diving techniques. No. 3 -14. In situ survey of sublittoral epibiota using hand-held video. |
Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Axelsson, M., Bamber, R., Dewey, S., Duke, S. & Hollies, R. (2008) Falmouth Cruise Project EIA-Marine Ecology Survey. SeaStar Survey Ltd, Southampton. |
Related keywords | ||
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | NDGO0005 | |
Keyword title | data.gov.uk | |
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geology |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitats and biotopes | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Species distribution | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Macroalgae generic abundance in water bodies | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitat characterisation | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment grain size parameters | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Zoobenthos | |
Geographical coverage | ||
North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.2401 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4.9465 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.1196 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -5.1415 |
Regional sea | Western Channel and Celtic Sea | |
English Channel | ||
VIIe | ||
Responsible organisations | ||
Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
Organisation name | DASSH, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitat Data | |
Individual name | Matt Arnold | |
Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
Organisation name | Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) | |
Position name | Data Manager | |
Phone | 01752 633102 | |
Fax | 01752 633291 | |
Delivery point | Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill | |
Postal code | PL1 2PB | |
City | Plymouth | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | SeaStar Survey | |
Individual name | M. Axelsson | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | SeaStar Survey | |
Individual name | R. Bamber | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | SeaStar Survey | |
Individual name | S. Dewey | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | SeaStar Survey | |
Individual name | S. Duke | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | SeaStar Survey | |
Individual name | R. Hollies | |
Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
Organisation name | Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) | |
Position name | Data Manager | |
Phone | 01752 633102 | |
Fax | 01752 633291 | |
Delivery point | Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill | |
Postal code | PL1 2PB | |
City | Plymouth | |
Resource locators | ||
Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://www.dassh.ac.uk/ |
Locator name | Name of the web resource | DASSH Website |
Dataset constraints | ||
20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | otherRestrictions | |
20 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data and uses free text. | Natural England and DASSH terms and conditions apply. |
21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | Natural England and DASSH terms and conditions apply. |
Available data formats | ||
Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Database |
Version info | ||
Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2008-01-15 |
Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2024-04-14 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2017-05-11 |
Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery metadata standard |
Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3.8 |