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Metadata: Survey data for marine litter biofoulers from the North Sea, Irish Sea, English Channel between December 2020 and July 2024
Abstract:
The data includes survey names, station names, replicate details including date, depth, latitude and longitude. The samples were collected from UK waters between December 2020 and July 2024 to analyse the biofouling communities living on the seafloor litter, with a secondary aim of identifying non-native species among the fouling communities. Survey data for trawl samples taken on the following surveys: CEND 18/20 : December 2020 : 8 replicates, CEND 06/21 : April 2021 : 12 replicates, CEND 15/22 : September 2022 : 13 replicates, CEND 01/23 : January 2023 : 12 replicates, CEND 04/23 : March 2023 : 1 replicate, CEND 09/23 : July 2023 : 13 replicates, CEND 10/23 : July 2023 : 2 replicates, CEND 14/23 : September 2023 : 9 replicates, CEND 19/23 : December 2023 : 6 replicates, CEND 04/24 : March 2024 : 6 replicates, CEND 12/24 : July 2024 : 6 replicates.
Data holder:
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 32751 |
| 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. | Survey data for marine litter biofoulers from the North Sea, Irish Sea, English Channel between December 2020 and July 2024 |
| 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. | CEFASb40cb563-f624-4753-8ab2-bb5f13c406c8 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | CEFAS22431 |
| 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 | 2020-12-10 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2024-07-20 |
| 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 data includes survey names, station names, replicate details including date, depth, latitude and longitude. The samples were collected from UK waters between December 2020 and July 2024 to analyse the biofouling communities living on the seafloor litter, with a secondary aim of identifying non-native species among the fouling communities. Survey data for trawl samples taken on the following surveys: CEND 18/20 : December 2020 : 8 replicates, CEND 06/21 : April 2021 : 12 replicates, CEND 15/22 : September 2022 : 13 replicates, CEND 01/23 : January 2023 : 12 replicates, CEND 04/23 : March 2023 : 1 replicate, CEND 09/23 : July 2023 : 13 replicates, CEND 10/23 : July 2023 : 2 replicates, CEND 14/23 : September 2023 : 9 replicates, CEND 19/23 : December 2023 : 6 replicates, CEND 04/24 : March 2024 : 6 replicates, CEND 12/24 : July 2024 : 6 replicates. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Samples were collected between December 2020 and July 2024 as part of the French and English International Bottom Trawl Surveys on the RV *Cefas Endeavour*. These demersal fish stock assessment campaigns used a combination of Granton Trawl, Jackson JTS610 light otter trawl and a 4-metre beam trawl with 40 mm cod-end in UK waters, with hauls typically lasting around 30 minutes at a speed of five knots. In cases where sonar detection suggested high fish densities, the haul duration was occasionally reduced to avoid overfilling the net. This study was conducted over a large section of the northeast Atlantic, ranging from the Southern North Sea to the English Channel, Celtic and Irish Seas. Due to the sampling methodology, we cannot rule out the possibility that some of the seafloor litter may have been collected during the trawl’s descent or ascent through the water column. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Benthos |
| 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 | Unknown | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | data.gov.uk | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 58.25 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 3 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 48.75 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -10 |
| 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 | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| Delivery point | Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road | |
| Postal code | NR33 0HT | |
| City | Lowestoft | |
| Administrative area | Suffolk | |
| Country | UK | |
| data.manager@cefas.co.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| Delivery point | Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road | |
| Postal code | NR33 0HT | |
| City | Lowestoft | |
| Administrative area | Suffolk | |
| Country | UK | |
| data.manager@cefas.co.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 | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| Delivery point | Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road | |
| Postal code | NR33 0HT | |
| City | Lowestoft | |
| Administrative area | Suffolk | |
| Country | UK | |
| data.manager@cefas.co.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| Delivery point | Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road | |
| Postal code | NR33 0HT | |
| City | Lowestoft | |
| Administrative area | Suffolk | |
| Country | UK | |
| data.manager@cefas.co.uk | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) | |
| defra.helpline@defra.gov.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/22431 |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | Cefas Data Portal |
| 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 | noLimitations | |
| 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 | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ | |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Delimited |
| 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. | 2026-06-16 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2026-07-29 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2026-03-26 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-07-30 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-07-29 |
| 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 |