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Metadata: Mapping Marine Benthic Biodiversity in Wales
Abstract:
The UK is committed through international agreements and European obligations to the establishment of an ecologically coherent network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to conserve marine ecosystems and biodiversity. The identification of areas of high biodiversity may be helpful for planning both Marine Protected Areas and for Marine Spatial Planning and can contribute to an ecosystem-based approach to the management of our seas. Furthermore, identifying which areas are most important for biodiversity not only yields benefits for the maintenance of ecosystem structure and functioning but can also enable cost effective prioritisation of areas for marine protection. Each data layer produced in relation to this project has its own metadata entry. The main objective of the project is to provide maps indicating different levels of biodiversity in Welsh waters (including the intertidal). The data covers the Welsh coastline from mean high water to 12 nautical miles offshore.
Data holder:
Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 8741 |
| 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. | Mapping Marine Benthic Biodiversity in Wales |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Identifying marine biodiversity hotspots in Wales |
| 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_DS111816 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313131383136 |
| 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 | 1968-01-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2008-12-31 |
| 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. | The UK is committed through international agreements and European obligations to the establishment of an ecologically coherent network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to conserve marine ecosystems and biodiversity. The identification of areas of high biodiversity may be helpful for planning both Marine Protected Areas and for Marine Spatial Planning and can contribute to an ecosystem-based approach to the management of our seas. Furthermore, identifying which areas are most important for biodiversity not only yields benefits for the maintenance of ecosystem structure and functioning but can also enable cost effective prioritisation of areas for marine protection. Each data layer produced in relation to this project has its own metadata entry. The main objective of the project is to provide maps indicating different levels of biodiversity in Welsh waters (including the intertidal). The data covers the Welsh coastline from mean high water to 12 nautical miles offshore. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | A method was developed specifically for application to the territorial waters of Wales. This comprised four key stages: 1) data collation and quality assessment; 2) assessment of appropriate scale of grid cells; 3) analysis and generation of biodiversity measures; and 4) validation measures and confidence assessment. This project builds on previous studies at a UK-wide and regional level (Hiscock and Breckels 2007, Langmead et al. 2008) to develop an approach for identifying marine biodiversity hotspots and apply it to Wales' sea area. Confidence rating were applied in the final analysis, based on the quality and quantity of the data used and confidence GIS layers produced. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | 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 | Wales (see also specific counties) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | marine conservation (see also specific geographical areas or sites eg Skomer-marine protected areas,marine nature reserves) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | marine (maritime) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | biodiversity hotspots (or coldspots) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | marine protected areas(marine consultation areas)(sensitive marine areas)seealso marine conservation&marine nature reserve | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | benthic species | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | marine conservation zones (mcz) | |
| 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 | Habitat extent | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Biodiversity | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.635782 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.377414 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.160228 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -5.995534 |
| Regional sea | 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 | Various | |
| Delivery point | Enquiries Unit, Maes y Fynnon, 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 | Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN) | |
| Delivery point | The Marine Biological Association of the UK, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 2PB | |
| Not available | ||
| URL | http://www.marlin.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`. | Part of this dataset is sensitive and restricted. The sensitive data is as follows; records of the species Ostrea edulis and Palinurus elephas. Sensitive data must be kept confidential; general release is not permitted due to risk of harm to the environment or third parties. Sensitive data may only be released under an appropriate NRW Licence. Requests should be referred to NRW's Access to Information Officer. Data may be released freely if the sensitive records are removed in advance, or shown only at a coarser scale. |
| 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 2010. Recipients may only re-use sensitive data in strict confidence under the terms of an appropriate NRW Licence. No publication or dissemination is permitted, except if sensitive records are removed in advance, or shown only at a coarser scale. |
| 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. | Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. | |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Documents |
| 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. | 2010-03-31 |
| 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 |