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Metadata: Sensitivity and mapping of inshore marine biotopes in the southern Irish Sea (SensMap): Final report
Abstract:
The SensMap project, funded under the INTERREG programme involved survey and mapping of biotopes in the marine intertidal and subtidal in both Wales and Ireland. The project partners were the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) and Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (EcoServe) and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) in Ireland now Duchas, the Heritage Service. This project had three main objectives: 1. To develop an integrated methodology for mapping in the marine intertidal and subtidal which can link both marine and terrestrial maps. 2. To develop a protocol for determining the sensitivity of marine biotopes according to the sensitivity of marine species to a range of natural and man-induced changes including, changes to water quality, oil pollution, fishing and recreational activities, and in the longer term, climate change. 3. To develop a model for a decision-making support system based on sensitivity mapping.
Data holder:
Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 8909 |
| 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. | Sensitivity and mapping of inshore marine biotopes in the southern Irish Sea (SensMap): Final report |
| 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_DS87182 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-3837313832 |
| 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 | 1994-01-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1999-12-31 |
| 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 SensMap project, funded under the INTERREG programme involved survey and mapping of biotopes in the marine intertidal and subtidal in both Wales and Ireland. The project partners were the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) and Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (EcoServe) and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) in Ireland now Duchas, the Heritage Service. This project had three main objectives: 1. To develop an integrated methodology for mapping in the marine intertidal and subtidal which can link both marine and terrestrial maps. 2. To develop a protocol for determining the sensitivity of marine biotopes according to the sensitivity of marine species to a range of natural and man-induced changes including, changes to water quality, oil pollution, fishing and recreational activities, and in the longer term, climate change. 3. To develop a model for a decision-making support system based on sensitivity mapping. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Marine Intertidal Phase 1 biotope mapping was developed by the former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) and partners over the last four years and this methodology was reassessed, adapted and transferred to Ireland through collaborative fieldwork (Emblow et al., 1998; SensMap Handbook for Marine Intertidal Phase 1 Survey and Mapping). For intertidal mapping Ordnance Survey National Grid basemaps are used whereas for subtidal, information is mapped on to Hydrographic Office Admiralty Charts. Intertidal survey is more detailed and information is gathered at a higher resolution than broadscale subtidal or terrestrial Phase 1 mapping techniques. This is because the intertidal is logistically easier to access than the subtidal benthos. Conversely, because it is more difficult to access intertidal than terrestrial habitats, greater detail is recorded in intertidal Phase 1 compared with the terrestrial equivalent to make best use of time spent in a single visit. Marine intertidal biotope mapping is based on the use of aerial photographs and/or Ordnance Survey maps to map the distribution and extent of Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) biotopes (Connor et al., 1997a and b). |
| 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 species | |
| 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 biology (subtidal biology) (littoral biology) (sublittoral biology)(intertidal biology)(see also seashore) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | coastal management | |
| 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 | coastal ecology | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | biotope sensitivity database | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Irish Sea | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | SensMap | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | marine research | |
| 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 | Habitat characterisation | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.87321889 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4.1202896 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.29894158 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -7.07338965 |
| Regional sea | benthic boundary layer | |
| Northern Ireland (NIR) | ||
| 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 | North Western And North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee = Pwllgor Pysgodfeydd Mor Gogledd Orllewin Lloegr a Gogledd Cymru | |
| Delivery point | 1 Preston Street, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA5 9BY, England | |
| office@nwnwsfc.org | ||
| URL | http://www.nwnwsfc.org/ | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (EcoServe) | |
| Delivery point | B23 KCR Industrial Estate, Kimmage, Dublin, Ireland | |
| roisin@ecoserve.ie | ||
| URL | http://www.ecoserve.ie/ | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Duchas, the Heritage Services | |
| Delivery point | c/o Dept. Of The Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Room G50, Custom House., 10-18 Adelaide Street, Dublin, BT2 8GB, Ireland | |
| aie@environ.ie | ||
| URL | http://www.environ.ie/en/ | |
| 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`. | The following data is considered OS derived data and is therefore jointly owned by CCW and the Ordnance Survey. CCW may release, publish or disseminate this data freely; providing recipients are made aware of use restrictions (See general use restrictions). |
| 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. | © CCGC/CCW and © Crown copyright All rights reserved. Countryside Council for Wales, AC0000849444. Third parties seeking to re-use this data require a Licence issued by CCW. It allows re-use, reproduction and dissemination in any format or medium but only for non-commercial purposes, according to the terms and conditions of the Licence. Those seeking commercial re-use require a commercial licence available from the OS. |
| 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. | 2000-12-31 |
| 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 |