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Metadata: Acoustic Monitoring of the Extent of the North Llyn Modiolus Reef
Abstract:
Biogenic horse mussel (Modiolus Modiolus) reef is an important feature of the Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau Special Area of Conservation (SAC). The reef has high biodiversity and is vulnerable to anthropogenic activities, such as benthic fishing. The mussel reef forms an undulating surface that is significantly different to the surrounding seabed and therefore acoustic monitoring methods can be used to monitor changes in extent and identity areas of potential damage. Work is carried out on the north Llyn horse mussel reef in Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau jointly by Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) and University of Wales Bangor. The purpose of this data capture was to: - Measure extent and temporal changes within the of the Modiolus reef in the Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau SAC. - Investigate the health of the reef and for signs of anthropogenic activity within the area. An area approximately 10km by 6km, adjacent to the Pen Llyn coast, south-west of Porth Dinllaen, approximately 1.5km off shore was surveyed. All data is processed to reduce errors (e.g. positional corrections). Acoustic data is subject to ground-truthing using drop down videos captured as part of a separate project. As of April 1st, 2013 data is held and managed by Natural Resources Wales (NRW).
Data holder:
University of Wales Bangor
Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 8628 |
| 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. | Acoustic Monitoring of the Extent of the North Llyn Modiolus Reef |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | 1999 CCW Modiolus monitoring trial survey off North Pen LLyn, Side-scan sonar monitoring of the North Llyn Modiolus reef |
| 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_DS109891 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313039383931 |
| 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 | 1998-07-07 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2013-04-01 |
| 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'. | annually |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | Biogenic horse mussel (Modiolus Modiolus) reef is an important feature of the Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau Special Area of Conservation (SAC). The reef has high biodiversity and is vulnerable to anthropogenic activities, such as benthic fishing. The mussel reef forms an undulating surface that is significantly different to the surrounding seabed and therefore acoustic monitoring methods can be used to monitor changes in extent and identity areas of potential damage. Work is carried out on the north Llyn horse mussel reef in Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau jointly by Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) and University of Wales Bangor. The purpose of this data capture was to: - Measure extent and temporal changes within the of the Modiolus reef in the Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau SAC. - Investigate the health of the reef and for signs of anthropogenic activity within the area. An area approximately 10km by 6km, adjacent to the Pen Llyn coast, south-west of Porth Dinllaen, approximately 1.5km off shore was surveyed. All data is processed to reduce errors (e.g. positional corrections). Acoustic data is subject to ground-truthing using drop down videos captured as part of a separate project. As of April 1st, 2013 data is held and managed by Natural Resources Wales (NRW). |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Side scan-sonar data is captured from either the CCW research vessel (R.V. Pedryn) or the University research vessel (R.V. Price Madog) using a CMAX CM800 sidescan sonar. Multibeam has been captured from the University research vessel (R.V. Prince Madog) in 2008 using a Kongsberg EM 3002 Dual Head multibeam echo sounder. The reef and surrounding area was also multibeamed as part of the HABMAP project in 2005 on board the Irish Marine Institute's 'Celtic Voyager' using a simrad EM1002 95KHz multibeam Echosounder. Concurrently, a sub-bottom profiling system, using a broadband high-resolution 'boomer' was also used in the same area. All data is processed and incorporated into MapInfo GIS. Analysis of the data is written up as unpublished MSc projects at the University of Wales Bangor. Project is carried out in conjunction with the Across Wales drop-down video project. Additional projects have been carried out to study the anthropogenic effects discovered at the site. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Please see CCW Marine Monitoring Report no.50. 01/07/1998 side-scan sonar monitoring trial . Data is also available online at http://www.ukdmos.org/vukdmosedios/result.asp |
| 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 | horse mussel | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Special Area of Conservation Monitoring | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau cSAC | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | multibeam | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | biogenic reef | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | modiolus modiolus | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | acoustic observation (acoustic monitoring) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | sidescan sonar | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Side-scan sonar | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Shellfish abundance and biomass in water bodies | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 52.98355757 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4.58178064 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 52.90351843 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4.71395825 |
| Regional sea | benthic boundary layer | |
| Irish Sea | ||
| Cardigan Bay | ||
| Tremadog Bay | ||
| GWYNEDD - GWYNEDD | ||
| 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 | University of Wales Bangor | |
| Delivery point | Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG | |
| hr@bangor.ac.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.bangor.ac.uk | |
| 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 | University of Wales Bangor | |
| Delivery point | Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG | |
| hr@bangor.ac.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.bangor.ac.uk | |
| 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 | Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) | |
| Delivery point | Countryside Council for Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW | |
| enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk | ||
| URL | http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/ | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | University of Wales, Bangor. School of Ocean Sciences | |
| Delivery point | Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG | |
| oss011@bangor.ac.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.bangor.ac.uk | |
| 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`. | This data is jointly owned by NRW and the University of Wales, Bangor. 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 and Bangor University 2013 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 the copyright of NRW / Bangor University 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 | Geographic Information System |
| 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. | 2013-04-01 |
| 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_DS121633 | |