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Metadata: Intertidal Monitoring of the Number and Extent of Sea Caves, Pen Llyn ar Sarnau Special Area of Conservation (SAC) 2004
Abstract:
Submerged or partially submerged sea caves are included as an Annex I type within the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC). These caves may vary in size and exposure, and thus the communities associated with them vary considerably depending on the structure and extent of the cave system. Sea caves generally provide habitat for colonies of encrusting animal species, but may also have shade-tolerant algal communities at their mouth. Caves on the shore and in the shallow sublittoral zone are frequently subject to conditions of strong wave surge and tend to have floors of coarse sediment, cobbles and boulders. These materials are often highly mobile and scour the cave walls. Caves that are subject to strong wave surge are characterised by communities of mussels Mytilus edulis, barnacles Balanus crenatus, cushion sponges, encrusting bryozoans and colonial ascidians, depending on the degree of water movement and scour at particular points in the cave system. The UK has the most varied and extensive inshore sea caves on the Atlantic coast of Europe. In Wales, sea caves are important within the Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau SAC and are therefore a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for the site selection. As such there is a requirement to assess the number and extent of intertidal sea caves within this SAC. Further background information on the surveying of sea caves in Welsh SACs can be found in Bunker and Holt (2003). Sea caves are important within the Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau SAC and are a qualifying feature. As such there is a requirement to assess the number and extent of intertidal sea caves within this SAC. The specific aims of the survey were to identify and map the location of sea caves along the coastline, use digital photography to record their extent and to measure the threat from in-fill by the railway company.
Data holder:
Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 8582 |
| 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. | Intertidal Monitoring of the Number and Extent of Sea Caves, Pen Llyn ar Sarnau Special Area of Conservation (SAC) 2004 |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Monitro Rhynglanwol: Niferoedd a Maint Ogofau Mor, ACA Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau yn 2004 |
| 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. | NRW_DS102026 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313032303236 |
| 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 | 2004-07-07 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2004-07-07 |
| 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. | Submerged or partially submerged sea caves are included as an Annex I type within the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC). These caves may vary in size and exposure, and thus the communities associated with them vary considerably depending on the structure and extent of the cave system. Sea caves generally provide habitat for colonies of encrusting animal species, but may also have shade-tolerant algal communities at their mouth. Caves on the shore and in the shallow sublittoral zone are frequently subject to conditions of strong wave surge and tend to have floors of coarse sediment, cobbles and boulders. These materials are often highly mobile and scour the cave walls. Caves that are subject to strong wave surge are characterised by communities of mussels Mytilus edulis, barnacles Balanus crenatus, cushion sponges, encrusting bryozoans and colonial ascidians, depending on the degree of water movement and scour at particular points in the cave system. The UK has the most varied and extensive inshore sea caves on the Atlantic coast of Europe. In Wales, sea caves are important within the Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau SAC and are therefore a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for the site selection. As such there is a requirement to assess the number and extent of intertidal sea caves within this SAC. Further background information on the surveying of sea caves in Welsh SACs can be found in Bunker and Holt (2003). Sea caves are important within the Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau SAC and are a qualifying feature. As such there is a requirement to assess the number and extent of intertidal sea caves within this SAC. The specific aims of the survey were to identify and map the location of sea caves along the coastline, use digital photography to record their extent and to measure the threat from in-fill by the railway company. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The exact location of each cave was mapped using a portable dGPS to give the location at the base of each sea cave. The height and width at the entrance to the cave as well as the depth of each sea cave were estimated in the field to be used for post-survey calculations. Other land marks along the cliff face were also recorded as points of reference for future surveys and all the data was input into GIS. Digital photographs were taken of each cave and a brief description noted. Photographic evidence and relevant field notes were also used to make a post-survey assessment of any impact on the sea caves from the repair and maintenance of the railway running above the headland. |
| Related keywords | ||
| 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 | marine biology (subtidal biology) (littoral biology) (sublittoral biology)(intertidal biology)(see also seashore) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Llwyngwril | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) - SAC monitoring | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau SAC | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Friog | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sea Caves | |
| 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 | 52.686696 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4.05875 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 52.679615 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4.072959 |
| Regional sea | benthic boundary layer | |
| Wales (WLS) | ||
| 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 Resources Wales (NRW) | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales | |
| enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk | ||
| URL | http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en | |
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales | |
| enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk | ||
| URL | http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en | |
| 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 Resources Wales (NRW) | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales | |
| enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk | ||
| URL | http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Hull University. Institute Of Estuarine And Coastal Studies | |
| Delivery point | The University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX | |
| iecs@hull.ac.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.hull.ac.uk/iecs/ | |
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales | |
| enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk | ||
| URL | http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data. Multiple occurences are allowed here. One entry shall be from the INSPIRE Metadata registry and the other free text should be part of the resource `Have specific limitations`. | There are no access restrictions to this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely. |
| no limitations | ||
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | 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. | © CNC/NRW 2009. There are no use restrictions on this data. Recipients may re-use, reproduce, disseminate this data free of charge in any format or medium, provided they do so accurately, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright, and do not use it in a misleading context. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose, that dissemination or publishing does not result in duplication, and that it is fairly interpreted. Advice on interpretation should be sought where required. To avoid re-using old data, users should periodically obtain the latest version from the original source. |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Documents |
| 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. | 2009-01-31 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-03-03 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.2 |
| Metadata parent | NRW_DS114501 | |