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Metadata: 2018-19 Natural England survey of IAS in intertidal habitats within Natura 2000 sites in the Solent
Abstract:
The survey was undertaken to assess the presence of marine invasive alien species (IAS) on 28 intertidal shores and in 14 marinas/harbours within Natura 2000 sites in the Solent. The funding for this project came from a European Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF) grant ENG_2578 to Natural England. The Marine Biological Association of the UK (Bishop Group) was contracted to carry out the survey, alongside Natural England staff. The presence/absence and an estimate of abundance was noted for a target list of 55 alien species and 57 native species. A Rapid Assessment Survey (RAS) methodology was used in the marinas/harbours and a similar adapted methodology on the intertidal shores. This method focuses primarily on fouling organisms which live attached to solid substrates. The majority of species were determined on site. Others by subsequent microscopy examination.
Data holder:
Natural England
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Use constraints:
Data held by Natural England
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 658 |
| 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. | 2018-19 Natural England survey of IAS in intertidal habitats within Natura 2000 sites in the Solent |
| 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. | 28249c450a21c5c831edfec43a09001f |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | MRNE023300000003 |
| 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 | 2018-05-16 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2019-07-05 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| 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 was undertaken to assess the presence of marine invasive alien species (IAS) on 28 intertidal shores and in 14 marinas/harbours within Natura 2000 sites in the Solent. The funding for this project came from a European Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF) grant ENG_2578 to Natural England. The Marine Biological Association of the UK (Bishop Group) was contracted to carry out the survey, alongside Natural England staff. The presence/absence and an estimate of abundance was noted for a target list of 55 alien species and 57 native species. A Rapid Assessment Survey (RAS) methodology was used in the marinas/harbours and a similar adapted methodology on the intertidal shores. This method focuses primarily on fouling organisms which live attached to solid substrates. The majority of species were determined on site. Others by subsequent microscopy examination. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This survey focused primarily on fouling organisms which live attached to solid substrates. Shores: Method -Surveys undertaken at low Spring tides (usually below 0.8 m at Southampton). An area of low and mid-shore was allocated between the 3 surveyors. Each surveyor spent 1 hour searching the allocated area, by examining tidepools, underhangs, kelp holdfasts, artificial substrates etc. and turning boulders and cobbles. A further 15 minutes was spent on the upper shore examining boulders and the strandline. Marina/harbours: Method - Rapid Assessment Survey (RAS) - At each marina the available floating pontoons were allocated between the 3 surveyors. Each surveyor spent 1 hour searching their allocated area, examining and scraping pontoon sides, and examining any other substrates accessible from the surface e.g. ropes, buoys, fenders, kelps etc. Temperature and salinity were recorded at surface and at 2m depth at each marina. Secchi depth was also recorded to measure turbidity in the water column. All sites: For the 55 target alien species and 57 target native species presence/absence were noted and abundance estimated (using an abbreviated and adapted SACFORN scale where A=SA, F=CF, R=OR, N=N). The majority of species were determined on site. Any other potential alien species, unidentified specimens, those requiring microscopical examination for species confirmation, and specimens to substantiate significant findings were relaxed, preserved and examined later in the laboratory. The specimens were relaxed using menthol crystals and preserved in 70% IDA (Industrial Denatured Alcohol) in the field. Lab ID may involve dissection for confirmation of ID. This method focuses primarily on fouling organisms which live attached to solid substrates. Coordinates WGS 84 lat/long from camera GPS and Google Earth Pro aerial images. Internal QA procedure at the Marine Biological Association. Additional QA by Natural England. Data currently held by Natural England in Marine Recorder database, but will be made available on NBN Atlas. If any sensitive species or biotope records are present within this dataset, they will have been removed. If you wish to request access to sensitive species records, please contact the metadata contact. The UK Sensitive Species list has been agreed by UK statutory bodies and relevant experts. It can be viewed here https://docs.nbnatlas.org/sensitive-species-list/. Please note sensitive species lists can vary across the UK. |
| 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 | Buildings | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Hydrography | |
| 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 | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Man-made structures | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Invasive species monitoring parameters | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | MCZ | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | environment | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environment Monitoring | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Species Distribution | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.9136 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -0.8528 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.5668 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.6598 |
| Regional sea | Eastern Channel | |
| 30E8 | ||
| circalittoral | ||
| infralittoral | ||
| littoral | ||
| 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 | Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom | |
| Individual name | Christine Wood | |
| cwo@mba.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Natural England | |
| Position name | Marine Data Manager | |
| Phone | +44 (0)300 060 3900 | |
| Fax | +44 (0)300 060 2356 | |
| Delivery point | Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green | |
| Postal code | YO1 7PX | |
| City | York | |
| enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom | |
| Individual name | Christine Wood | |
| cwo@mba.ac.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 | Natural England | |
| Position name | Marine Data Manager | |
| Phone | +44 (0)300 060 3900 | |
| Fax | +44 (0)300 060 2356 | |
| Delivery point | Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green | |
| Postal code | YO1 7PX | |
| City | York | |
| enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk | ||
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | otherRestrictions | |
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data and uses free text. | Data held by Natural England |
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | 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. | Refer to Natural England |
| 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. | 2020-02-29 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2020-02-29 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2020-01-29 |
| 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. | 2020-05-21 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery metadata standard |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3.8 |