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Maritime monitoring surveys were undertaken on behalf of English Nature in order to fulfil the requirements of the European Habitats Directive to assess the ecological condition of the designated features within the Natura 2000 site series. For this contract, intertidal surveys were undertaken of mudflats, sandflats and cobble skears in selected areas of Morecambe Bay, the Lune Estuary, the Wyre Estuary and the Ribble Estuary. The surveys were carried out along a series of transects positioned to encounter the widest possible ranges of biotope and also to facilitate comparison with historical data. A range of data were collected along each transect, including information on sediment character, infaunal community, saltmarsh condition and anthropogenic influences. Recommendations for future surveys include the provision of an up-to-date set of aerial photos (at low water) in order to take into account any channel movements when positioning transects.
Natural England
Accessible under Open Government Licence https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
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Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 2981 |
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. | 2005 English Nature (EN) North West England. Maritime monitoring intertidal 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. | 39e1786111ee57e2de8c7408789d4acf |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | NATENG000263 |
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 | 2005-10-03 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2005-10-21 |
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. | Maritime monitoring surveys were undertaken on behalf of English Nature in order to fulfil the requirements of the European Habitats Directive to assess the ecological condition of the designated features within the Natura 2000 site series. For this contract, intertidal surveys were undertaken of mudflats, sandflats and cobble skears in selected areas of Morecambe Bay, the Lune Estuary, the Wyre Estuary and the Ribble Estuary. The surveys were carried out along a series of transects positioned to encounter the widest possible ranges of biotope and also to facilitate comparison with historical data. A range of data were collected along each transect, including information on sediment character, infaunal community, saltmarsh condition and anthropogenic influences. Recommendations for future surveys include the provision of an up-to-date set of aerial photos (at low water) in order to take into account any channel movements when positioning transects. |
Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The survey methodology used was based on CSM guidance (JNCC, 2004) and the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) Handbook for Marine Intertidal Phase 1 Survey and Mapping (Marine Science Report No 00/06/01, Wyn et al., 2000). 42 transects were surveyed. Transects were established so as to maximise the number of biotopes identified, at locations characterised by those with high conservation value or those subject to change due to anthropogenic or natural processes. Transects were positioned to cover any areas which have previously been surveyed or monitored in order to facilitate comparison with historical data. In order to assess the infauna present at each sampling station, a 203mm diameter sieve was used, with a 500µm mesh. One full sieve of sediment was sampled at each station At each station three or four photographs were taken using an Olympus M? 300 Digital camera. Sediment characteristics were observed using a rapid infield assessment technique. Positions were recorded using a handheld Garmin e-trex GPS receiver using British National Grid coordinates and OSGB 36 datum. Biotopes were assigned in accordance with the latest JNCC biotope classification ((http://www.jncc.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=1584, August 2004). Marine Recorder survey number: MRNE01340000005A If any sensitive species or biotope records are present within this dataset, they will have been removed. If you wish to request access to sensitive species records, please contact the metadata contact. The UK Sensitive Species list has been agreed by UK statutory bodies and relevant experts. It can be viewed here https://docs.nbnatlas.org/sensitive-species-list/. Please note sensitive species lists can vary across the UK. |
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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 | Oceanographic geographical features | |
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 | Acoustic backscatter in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Biodiversity indices | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitat extent | |
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 | 55.1035 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.6807 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.0676 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -5.1416 |
Regional sea | Irish Sea | |
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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 | Natural England | |
Position name | Data Manager | |
Phone | +44 (0)300 060 3900 | |
Fax | +44 (0)300 060 2356 | |
Delivery point | Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green | |
Postal code | YO1 7PX | |
City | York | |
Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
Organisation name | Natural England | |
Position name | Data Manager | |
Phone | +44 (0)300 060 3900 | |
Fax | +44 (0)300 060 2356 | |
Delivery point | Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green | |
Postal code | YO1 7PX | |
City | York | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Royal Haskoning (UK Head Office) | |
Individual name | Caroline White | |
Phone | +44 (0)1733 334455 | |
Fax | +44 (0)1733 262243 | |
Delivery point | Rightwell House Bretton | |
Postal code | PE3 8DW | |
City | Peterborough | |
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 | Natural England | |
Position name | Data Manager | |
Phone | +44 (0)300 060 3900 | |
Fax | +44 (0)300 060 2356 | |
Delivery point | Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green | |
Postal code | YO1 7PX | |
City | York | |
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 | 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. | Accessible under Open Government Licence https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
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. | Accessible under Open Government Licence https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
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. | 2006-03-01 |
Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2006-03-01 |
Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2005-10-21 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2020-08-04 |
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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