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Metadata: 1995 Purbeck Marine Research Unit, Canford School, Handfast Point to Ballard Point, Ross Coral Mapping Project
Abstract:
These records all relate to "Powell (ed) (1995) - Ross Coral Mapping Project 1995". A copy of the report is held at English Nature (Dorset Team). Following on from the survey work carried out in 1994, thirteen survey dives were undertaken in 1995 to provide further information on the extent of the Ross Coral colonies between Handfast Point and Ballard Point. Drift dives were used to make transects of the area. GPS/Decca navigation on the charter vessel Sea Ranger was used to pinpoint the position of divers at the start, during and at the end of the dive (following the diver's Surface Marker Buoy). The majority of dives were made at a working depth of 15-20m. Ross coral was found to be in the greatest abundance at 50'37.90N 01'55.00W. The largest colonies seen (50cm diameter) were in the area of more extensive chalk outcrops and ridges. The cobbles, small boulder and chalk ridges, that provide the most suitable substrate for attachment, change to gravel and sand, both unsuitable for the attachment of Ross coral, to the north (Poole Bay) and to the south (Swanage Bay) of the main survey area. The deeper water (>20m) to the west of the survey area has not yet been explored but its likely that Ross coral should occur if there is suitable substrate. Underwater photography was used extensively.
Data holder:
Natural England
Natural England
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Use constraints:
No restrictions to public access
Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 5025 |
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. | 1995 Purbeck Marine Research Unit, Canford School, Handfast Point to Ballard Point, Ross Coral Mapping Project |
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. | c31f8e5202db681204067ebe062924f2 |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | MRLRC00100000533 |
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 | 1995-05-05 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1995-10-18 |
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. | These records all relate to "Powell (ed) (1995) - Ross Coral Mapping Project 1995". A copy of the report is held at English Nature (Dorset Team). Following on from the survey work carried out in 1994, thirteen survey dives were undertaken in 1995 to provide further information on the extent of the Ross Coral colonies between Handfast Point and Ballard Point. Drift dives were used to make transects of the area. GPS/Decca navigation on the charter vessel Sea Ranger was used to pinpoint the position of divers at the start, during and at the end of the dive (following the diver's Surface Marker Buoy). The majority of dives were made at a working depth of 15-20m. Ross coral was found to be in the greatest abundance at 50'37.90N 01'55.00W. The largest colonies seen (50cm diameter) were in the area of more extensive chalk outcrops and ridges. The cobbles, small boulder and chalk ridges, that provide the most suitable substrate for attachment, change to gravel and sand, both unsuitable for the attachment of Ross coral, to the north (Poole Bay) and to the south (Swanage Bay) of the main survey area. The deeper water (>20m) to the west of the survey area has not yet been explored but its likely that Ross coral should occur if there is suitable substrate. Underwater photography was used extensively. |
Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Survey run by Canford School, Dorset. These records all relate to "Powell (ed) (1995) - Ross Coral Mapping Project 1995". A copy of the report is held at English Nature (Dorset Team). Following on from the survey work carried out in 1994, thirteen survey dives were undertaken in 1995 to provide further information on the extent of the Ross Coral colonies between Handfast Point and Ballard Point. Drift dives were used to make transects of the area. GPS/Decca navigation on the charter vessel Sea Ranger was used to pinpoint the position of divers at the start, during and at the end of the dive (following the diver's Surface Marker Buoy). The majority of dives were made at a working depth of 15-20m. Ross coral was found to be in the greatest abundance at 50'37.90N 01'55.00W. The largest colonies seen (50cm diameter) were in the area of more extensive chalk outcrops and ridges. The cobbles, small boulder and chalk ridges, that provide the most suitable substrate for attachment, change to gravel and sand, both unsuitable for the attachment of Ross coral, to the north (Poole Bay) and to the south (Swanage Bay) of the main survey area. The deeper water (>20m) to the west of the survey area has not yet been explored but its likely that Ross coral should occur if there is suitable substrate. Underwater photography was used extensively. |
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 | Habitats and biotopes |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Land cover | |
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 | Habitats and biotopes | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Biodiversity | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bacteria generic abundance in sediment | |
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 extent | |
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 | Seabed photography | |
Geographical coverage | ||
North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.6556 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.8826 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.6264 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.9332 |
Regional sea | Eastern Channel | |
29E7 | ||
30E7 | ||
29E8 | ||
30E8 | ||
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 | Dorset Wildlife Trust | |
Individual name | Peter Tinsley | |
Position name | Living Seas Manager | |
Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
Organisation name | Natural England | |
Individual name | Charlotte Bolton | |
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 | Canford School | |
Individual name | J.D. Lever | |
Position name | Headmaster | |
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 | |
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 | Marine 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 | |
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. | No restrictions to public access |
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. | Data is freely available for research or commercial use providing that the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced. |
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. | 2013-02-12 |
Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2024-04-21 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2021-04-16 |
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 |