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Metadata: North West Anglesey tidally exposed seabed and shores (2003-2004)
Abstract:
As part of the UK's commitment to the 1992 UNEP Convention on Biological Diversity there have been a number of coordinated initiatives to identify those habitats which may be under threat in the UK, and to establish plans to reduce those threats and thereby maintain biodiversity. The UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) is now one of the main focuses of that work. It provides detailed proposals for a number of species, species groups and habitats requiring urgent conservation action. In addition to this the Habitats Directive (1992) requires the establishment of a European network of important high-quality conservation sites, Special Areas of Conservation (SACs). The Habitats Directive identifies Reefs as a major category of habitats that should be considered for inclusion in SACs. Tidal rapids not only forms part of the reef environments classification but is also highlighted as an important site under the UKBAP habitats list. Tidal rapids is used to describe a broad range of high energy environments including deep tidal streams and tide-swept habitats. JNCC’s Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) defined rapids as ‘strong tidal streams resulting from a constriction in the coastline at the entrance to, or within the length of, an enclosed body of water such as a sea loch. Depth is usually shallower than five metres. The purpose of this data capture was to assess the features in North West Anglesey to help inform and define conservation objective and decisions regarding their protection and management.
Data holder:
Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 8905 |
| 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. | North West Anglesey tidally exposed seabed and shores (2003-2004) |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | 2003 CCW/CALM NW Anglesey tidally exposed seabed and shores MRCCW80000000004 |
| 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_DS87132 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-3837313332 |
| 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 | 2003-06-24 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2004-06-27 |
| 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. | As part of the UK's commitment to the 1992 UNEP Convention on Biological Diversity there have been a number of coordinated initiatives to identify those habitats which may be under threat in the UK, and to establish plans to reduce those threats and thereby maintain biodiversity. The UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) is now one of the main focuses of that work. It provides detailed proposals for a number of species, species groups and habitats requiring urgent conservation action. In addition to this the Habitats Directive (1992) requires the establishment of a European network of important high-quality conservation sites, Special Areas of Conservation (SACs). The Habitats Directive identifies Reefs as a major category of habitats that should be considered for inclusion in SACs. Tidal rapids not only forms part of the reef environments classification but is also highlighted as an important site under the UKBAP habitats list. Tidal rapids is used to describe a broad range of high energy environments including deep tidal streams and tide-swept habitats. JNCC’s Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) defined rapids as ‘strong tidal streams resulting from a constriction in the coastline at the entrance to, or within the length of, an enclosed body of water such as a sea loch. Depth is usually shallower than five metres. The purpose of this data capture was to assess the features in North West Anglesey to help inform and define conservation objective and decisions regarding their protection and management. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Marine biological surveys of seabed habitats and communities in four areas exposed to strong tidal currents around southwest and northwest Wales, were made in summer 2002 and summer 2003. Survey methods were based on the standard Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) techniques using in-situ identification of conspicuous species and description of habitat and community characteristics. The survey sites were chosen to represent the range of tide-swept rocky habitats present in each area; particularly concentrating on sites for where there was no (or very limited) previous survey data. Recent multi-beam survey images aided selection of the sites in the Daugleddau Estuary, Milford Haven and West Pembrokeshire coast. Subtidal and intertidal components of the fieldwork were carried out separately. Further details of these standard methodologies are given in MNCR Rational and Methods. Each site survey was recorded immediately on standard MNCR recording forms. Confidence in this dataset is high. Previous surveys have been undertaken in this area, by various parties and include some detail of the 'Tidal Rapids' and reef systems. These include surveys carried out by JNCC, some Seasearch surveys and a handful of other smaller surveys. |
| 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 | Anglesey (Ynys Mon) (and as county shire since 4/96) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | North Wales | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | marine surveys (intertidal & subtidal surveys) (littoral survey) (sublittoral surveys) (bathymetric survey) (see also marine monitoring and MNCR) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | coast (coasts) (coastal) (coastline) (maritime) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | coastal survey (coastal monitoring) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | marine environment (marine habitats) (seas) (oceans) (maritime environment) | |
| 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 | Coastal geomorphology | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.45043086 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4.41000914 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.23268604 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4.7303663 |
| Regional sea | benthic boundary layer; water column | |
| 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 | Coastal Assessment Liaison and Monitoring (CALM) | |
| Delivery point | Ti Cara, Point Lane, Cosheston, Pembrokeshire, SA72 4UN, Wales | |
| jon@ticara.co.uk | ||
| URL | <!--No website --> | |
| 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 on 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 Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and copyright of the owners. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose. |
| 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. | 2004-03-05 |
| 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_DS86828 | |