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Metadata: Fladen Grounds Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) Survey Infauna Data - 2013
Abstract:
The survey at the Fladen Grounds proposed Scottish Marine Protected Area (SMPA) was carried out between 4th and 17th January 2013 on the RV Cefas Endeavour cruise CEND 01/13X. Samples were taken from all planned stations. Central Fladen survey included 28 planned stations. 25 planned stations in the southeastern corner of the site, known as the Central Fladen (Core) area Western Fladen site incorporated 22 primary and 17 contingency stations.The SE Fladen survey design included 29 primary and 21 contingency stations.In between the three sites, a series of additional stations were visited, providing a further 17 sampling stations. The aim of survey CEND 01/13X was to gather high quality evidence to confirm the presence of Priority Marine Features within three Scottish Offshore Nature Conservation MPA proposals within the Fladen Grounds Nature Conservation MPA proposals and provide evidence to allow comparison of benthic assemblages between the sites. The data were collected for the Marine Conversation Zones Project funded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
Data holder:
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 10678 |
| 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. | Fladen Grounds Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) Survey Infauna Data - 2013 |
| 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. | CEFASc473b9f1-2840-4c65-87e0-3278a877af6e |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | CEFAS19543 |
| 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 | 2013-01-04 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2013-01-17 |
| 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 survey at the Fladen Grounds proposed Scottish Marine Protected Area (SMPA) was carried out between 4th and 17th January 2013 on the RV Cefas Endeavour cruise CEND 01/13X. Samples were taken from all planned stations. Central Fladen survey included 28 planned stations. 25 planned stations in the southeastern corner of the site, known as the Central Fladen (Core) area Western Fladen site incorporated 22 primary and 17 contingency stations.The SE Fladen survey design included 29 primary and 21 contingency stations.In between the three sites, a series of additional stations were visited, providing a further 17 sampling stations. The aim of survey CEND 01/13X was to gather high quality evidence to confirm the presence of Priority Marine Features within three Scottish Offshore Nature Conservation MPA proposals within the Fladen Grounds Nature Conservation MPA proposals and provide evidence to allow comparison of benthic assemblages between the sites. The data were collected for the Marine Conversation Zones Project funded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA). |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | A 0.1 m2 day grab (Figure 9), ideally suited for the muddy and sandy sediments expected in the area. Samples were collected from within a 100 m radius around the target location. For a few stations, samples were collected away from the planned station due to presence of oil and gas installations and the exclusion zones around them. On recovery, a photograph of the undisturbed sample was taken. The sample depth in the day grab was taken to estimate the volume of the sample. A sediment core was then taken from the sample and stored in a plastic tub for Particle Size Analysis (PSA) in the laboratory. The remaining sample was emptied in a plastic box and transferred to the sample processing area onboard the vessel. Benthic fauna were collected by washing the sample with sea-water over a 5mm and 1 mm sieve. The retained >1 mm fraction was transferred to a labelled container and preserved in 4% buffered formaldehyde for later analysis ashore. A 0.1 m2 mini Hamon grab fitted with a video camera , the combined gear being known as a ‘HamCam’. This allowed an image of the undisturbed seabed surface to be obtained for each grab sample. Samples were collected from within a 100 m radius centred on the target location. On recovery, the grab was emptied into a large plastic bin and a representative sub-sample of sediment (approx. 0.5 litres) taken for Particle Size Analysis (PSA). The sample was stored in a labelled plastic container and frozen ready for transfer to a laboratory ashore. The remaining sample was photographed and the volume of sediment measured and recorded. Benthic fauna were collected by washing the sample with sea water over a 1 mm sieve. The retained >1 mm fraction was transferred to a labelled container and preserved in 4% buffered formaldehyde for later analysis ashore. A visual assessment was made of the sediment type sampled by the grab and noted on the field records, assigning the sample to a Folk class and its equivalent EUNIS and Broadscale Habitat (BSH) sediment classes. |
| 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 | 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 | 52.4595 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.74086 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 52.4581 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.73881 |
| 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/19543 |
| 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 | http://standards.iso.org/iso/19139/resources/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_RestrictionCode | |
| 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. | 2023-04-28 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2023-12-07 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2018-12-19 |
| 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. | 2023-12-07 |
| 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 | 3.1.1 |