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Sabellaria spinosa presence records from a comparison of benthic biodiversity in the North Sea, English Channel and Celtic Seas. This dataset has one station recorded off the Humber estuary, in 1993.
Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH)
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Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 2737 |
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. | 1993 North Sea, English Channel, and Celtic Sea biodiversity |
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. | 28a97fbf0b63a113b3ae75cbf65e027b |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | MRMLN001000000E3 |
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 | 1990-01-01 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1996-12-31 |
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. | Sabellaria spinosa presence records from a comparison of benthic biodiversity in the North Sea, English Channel and Celtic Seas. This dataset has one station recorded off the Humber estuary, in 1993. |
Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | In 1990, several stations in the North Sea and English Channel were established by the North Sea Task Force (NSTF) for sampling water, sediments and biota to generate new information on the concentrations of contaminants and the 'well-being' of biological systems, as a contribution to a Quality Status Report for an International North Sea Conference. Sampling took place in April and May 1993, and in February and May 1994. Samples of benthic macrofauna were collected from MAFF research vessels at each of 25 'intermediate' and 'offshore' stations around England and Wales coastline, following the guidelines of the National Monitoring Program. One station in the south west Approaches was samples in 1992, i.e. outside the recommended February to May sampling window, but this offshore, deep-water environment was included as a clean-water reference point. At each location, five sediment samples for macrofauna analysis were collected using a 0.1 m2 day grab from the central point of a 500 m grid of 9 stations, the latter being sampled for contaminant analyses only.were also obtained by MAFF research vessels from 69 stations between 1992 and 1996. A standard 2 m Lowesoft beam trawl with a 3 mm mesh codend liner was deployed for 5-10 min across each station at a speed of about 0.5 m/s. Samples provide unambiguously quantitative data which can be easily linked with sediment type within the small unit area of the sample. Trawls provided integrated samples of the fauna over a much larger area.infaunal assemblages were encountered on both the eastern and western UK coasts in comparable environmental conditions. Tidal current velocity and sediment characteristics account for a significant amount of the observed variability in species richness and densities. There was no evidence of any adverse effects on these measures of assemblage structure arising from trace metal contamination of sediments. A single station representative of coarser deposits off the Humber estuary supported a rich and distinctive fauna characterized by the presence of the reef-building polychaete Sabellaria spinulosa. This survey was collated by MarLIN as part of a data collation contract for species on the provisional list of Nationally Important Marine Features. |
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 | 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 | Shellfish abundance and biomass in water bodies | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitat characterisation | |
Geographical coverage | ||
North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.5202 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 0.2392 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.4707 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 0.1737 |
Regional sea | Southern North Sea | |
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 | Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) | |
Individual name | Leoni Adams | |
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 distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
Organisation name | Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) | |
Individual name | Dan Lear | |
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 | Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) | |
Individual name | H.L. Rees | |
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 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) | |
Individual name | Becky Seeley | |
Phone | 01752 633102 | |
Fax | 01752 633291 | |
Delivery point | Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill | |
Postal code | PL1 2PB | |
City | Plymouth | |
Dataset constraints | ||
20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | ISO restriction code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | otherRestrictions |
20 Limitations on Public Access – Other constraints | Any restriction on the use of the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | DASSH terms and conditions apply: https://www.dassh.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions |
21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | DASSH terms and conditions apply: https://www.dassh.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions |
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. | 1999-12-31 |
Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 1999-12-31 |
Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 1990-01-01 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2019-08-08 |
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 |
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