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Metadata: 2003 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Loch Moidart and Shiel Woods Site Condition Monitoring survey of intertidal sediment flats
Abstract:
The purpose of the current study was to initiate site condition monitoring of the intertidal sediment flats of the Loch Moidart SAC. This was done to 1) establish a baseline biological data set that would facilitate the assessment of the condition of the intertidal sediment flat habitats in the future, and 2) to allow a judgement to be formed on the current condition of these habitats. The approach taken to achieve these objectives is to establish a series of relocatable stations along transects that reflect the biological and environmental diversity of the sediment flats of the SAC.
Data holder:
NatureScot (HQ Inverness)
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 11201 |
| 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. | 2003 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Loch Moidart and Shiel Woods Site Condition Monitoring survey of intertidal sediment flats |
| 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. | 01f2aec270a12b497b7b3d7846aaec05 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | GB-SCT-SNH-ME-000091-MRSNH0110000000B-LMSW |
| 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 | 2003-08-28 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2003-08-31 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | 150 |
| Spatial resolution unit | This describes the unit of spatial resolution which for distance must be metres. | urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001 |
| 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 purpose of the current study was to initiate site condition monitoring of the intertidal sediment flats of the Loch Moidart SAC. This was done to 1) establish a baseline biological data set that would facilitate the assessment of the condition of the intertidal sediment flat habitats in the future, and 2) to allow a judgement to be formed on the current condition of these habitats. The approach taken to achieve these objectives is to establish a series of relocatable stations along transects that reflect the biological and environmental diversity of the sediment flats of the SAC. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Data collection for the SCM baseline work took place at a series of relocatable stations along transects that reflected the biological and environmental diversity of the intertidal sediment flats in the SAC. The 5 transects (MA to ME), which included a total of 16 sample stations, were laid out perpendicular to the shore and to low water channels at the seaward end. Each station lay within a perceived habitat zone identified from the physical appearance and biological surface features. The positions of both stations and zone boundaries were recorded. The physicochemical characteristics of the stations were assessed by measurement of sediment particle size, depth of the anaerobic layer and by noting the physical appearance of the sediment. The biotic composition was assessed by analysis of sediment cores, by digging over 1m2 for the presence of the larger species, and by estimation of the abundance of casts and other conspicuous surface signs of the presence of the larger infauna. Replicate photo quadrats were also taken at each station and video footage taken of both the stations and of the transect. At each station, a record of any surfical biota was made by photographing five replicate randomly placed 0.25 m2 quadrats and noting incidental visual records. At 15 stations (out of 16), 8 replicate core samples of 10.3 cm diameter and 20 cm length were taken at random and pooled. The sediment was sieved on a 1mm mesh sieve and the sievings stored in 5% formalin for analysis of the macrobenthos. A 3.4cm diameter core sample to a depth of 20cm was taken for grain size analysis. In addition, approximately 1 m2 of sediment was dug-over using a spade, to a depth of about 30 cm to check for the presence of conspicuous infauna and estimates of their density made using the SACFOR scale. Smaller infauna was similarly recorded but sampled by sieving, using a 1 mm mesh, an area of sediment of c. 250 cm2. All transects and stations had their positions fixed by hand-held differential GPS using WGS84 datum. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Moore, C.G., Lyndon, A.R., Mair, J.M. and Edwards, D.C.B. (2004). Site condition monitoring of the intertidal sediment flats of the Loch Moidart and Sheil Woods cSAC. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 051. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | 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 | NDGO0005 | |
| Keyword title | data.gov.uk | |
| 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 | Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed | |
| 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 | Seabed photography | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 56.8072 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -5.7265 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 56.7665 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -5.8998 |
| Regional sea | Minches and Western Scotland | |
| 42E4 | ||
| 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 | NatureScot (HQ Inverness) | |
| data_supply@nature.scot | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters | |
| Individual name | Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) | |
| Position name | Data Manager | |
| Phone | 01463 725000 | |
| data_supply@nature.scot | ||
| 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 | NatureScot (HQ Inverness) | |
| Position name | NatureScot Data Manager | |
| data_supply@nature.scot | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters | |
| Individual name | Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) | |
| Position name | Data Manager | |
| Phone | 01463 725000 | |
| data_supply@nature.scot | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) | |
| Individual name | Esther Hughes | |
| Position name | Data Manager | |
| Phone | 01752 633102 | |
| dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk | ||
| 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`. | no restrictions to public access |
| 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. | Not for navigational use; SNH copyright data which is available for re-use under government licence terms: http://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 | Documents (Published report) |
| Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Image (jpeg) | |
| Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Database (Marine Recorder) | |
| 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. | 2004-10-11 |
| 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. | 2025-06-03 |
| 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 | cd3509f475a6c594d3dcbda1a45a21d6 | |