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A Natural England commissoined verification survey of intertidal sediments within the Skerries Bank and Surrounds rMCZ. Phase I Biotope mapping was carried out across the rMCZ for broad scale habitats. Phase II Infaunal sampling was carried out to provide information on the benthic infaunal assemblages and particle size distribution of the study sites by means of core sampling. Sediment surface scrapes were obtained for heavy metals and organic contaminants analysis. The data was used to produce a EUNIS Level 3 boradscale habitat map of the Skerries Bank and Surrounds rMCZ.
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Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 5256 |
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. | 2013 Natural England Verification Survey of Intertidal Sediments within the Skerries Bank and Surrounds rMCZ |
Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Skerris Bank and Surrounds: Lot 2 Intertidal Sediments Survey, NERC_DDC |
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. | d4f5f1930ad8076701cea6e3660c683d |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | GB100201 |
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 | 2013-02-28 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2013-03-05 |
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. | A Natural England commissoined verification survey of intertidal sediments within the Skerries Bank and Surrounds rMCZ. Phase I Biotope mapping was carried out across the rMCZ for broad scale habitats. Phase II Infaunal sampling was carried out to provide information on the benthic infaunal assemblages and particle size distribution of the study sites by means of core sampling. Sediment surface scrapes were obtained for heavy metals and organic contaminants analysis. The data was used to produce a EUNIS Level 3 boradscale habitat map of the Skerries Bank and Surrounds rMCZ. |
Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Aerial imagery at 25cm resolution was analysised to assertain the precence and extent of intertial sediment communities. The spatial extent of each section of intertidal sediment was measured and recorded and the accuracy cross-checked in the field. In addition, intertidal sediment cores were taken (total of 90 cores) distributed to include the low, mid and high shore. At each station 3 replicate 0.01m2 cores were taken for infauna and 1x0.01m2 core for Particle Size Analysis. Sediment scrape samples were also taken at 5 sites for Tributyl tin, heavy metal and organic contaminant analysis. The Phase II quantitative survey of intertidal rocky reefs comprised of 9 quadrat sites per transect with 3 replicate quadrats at each low, mid and upper shore zone or the main biotope present. Percentage cover of species present within each 0.25m2 quadrat was recorded.The methods used for data collection and processing followed protocols and standards for biotope mapping and sampling. 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. |
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 | 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 | Sedimentary structure | |
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 | 50.2678 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.6377 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.2678 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.7732 |
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 | |
Individual name | Marine GI Data Natural England | |
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 | |
Individual name | Marine GI Data Natural England | |
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 | Plymouth Marine Laboratory | |
Individual name | Plymouth Marine Laboratory | |
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 | |
Individual name | Marine GI Data Natural England | |
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 | https://data.gov.uk/dataset/63d6897f-672e-40b3-943d-8ec8d21201ad/2013-natural-england-verification-survey-of-intertidal-sediments-within-the-skerris-bank-and-surrounds-rmcz |
Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://gis.ices.dk/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/d61646c4-cbda-4143-b576-d7b5db1ae28b | |
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. | No restrictions to public access |
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. | http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/open-government-licence-NE-OS_tcm6-30743.pdf |
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. | 2013-03-20 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2021-10-13 |
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 |
Metadata parent | 28777bdf-88be-4c51-9d66-7dcdcc0e6ea1 |
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