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Metadata: 2022 Natural England (NE) Yarmouth to Cowes MCZ Phase I and II Baseline Survey of Intertidal Rock, Underboulder Communities and Peat and Clay Exposures
Abstract:
Yarmouth to Cowes Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) is an inshore site along the northwest coast of the Isle of Wight, from Yarmouth Pier in the west to the village of Gurnard in the east. The site was designated in May 2019, however as of summer 2022 no survey of the intertidal features of the site had yet been conducted. In order to inform a Conservation Advice Package for the site, Natural England commissioned Seastar Survey Ltd. (â??Seastarâ??) to undertake a Phase I and Phase II baseline survey of three of the features of the MCZ: intertidal rock habitats; intertidal underboulder communities; and peat and clay exposures. The objectives for the survey were: â?¢ To map the extent and distribution of the three features of interest (i.e. intertidal rock, intertidal underboulder communities and peat and clay exposures) and their associated communities within the Yarmouth to Cowes MCZ; â?¢ To identify and map the extent and distribution of biotopes and biotope complexes associated with the three features of interest; â?¢ To characterise the habitats observed by providing semi-quantitative data on species composition of representative and notable biotopes; â?¢ To provide semi-quantitative data on the physical structure of the intertidal rocky substrate, including surface and structural complexity and stability; â?¢ To record the presence and abundance of any non-indigenous species (NIS); â?¢ To acquire high-quality biological data of suitable resolution to enable key attributes of condition for each of the three intertidal features of interest to be assessed according to Common Standards Monitoring (CSM) guidance; â?¢ To identify anthropogenic influences impacting on the ability of the features of interest to achieve favourable condition; â?¢ Ensure that the collected data are suitable for future use as baseline data to allow assessments of the direction of potential ecological change.
Data holder:
Natural England
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Use constraints:
No restrictions to public access
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 1148 |
| 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. | 2022 Natural England (NE) Yarmouth to Cowes MCZ Phase I and II Baseline Survey of Intertidal Rock, Underboulder Communities and Peat and Clay Exposures |
| 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. | 4945cf20c014b1941ee939fd88478cfc |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | NE_2165 |
| 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 | 2022-09-26 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2022-10-01 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | 750 |
| Spatial resolution unit | This describes the unit of spatial resolution which for distance must be metres. | http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/ISO_19139_Schemas/resources/uom/gmxUom.xml#m |
| 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'. | asNeeded |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | Yarmouth to Cowes Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) is an inshore site along the northwest coast of the Isle of Wight, from Yarmouth Pier in the west to the village of Gurnard in the east. The site was designated in May 2019, however as of summer 2022 no survey of the intertidal features of the site had yet been conducted. In order to inform a Conservation Advice Package for the site, Natural England commissioned Seastar Survey Ltd. (â??Seastarâ??) to undertake a Phase I and Phase II baseline survey of three of the features of the MCZ: intertidal rock habitats; intertidal underboulder communities; and peat and clay exposures. The objectives for the survey were: â?¢ To map the extent and distribution of the three features of interest (i.e. intertidal rock, intertidal underboulder communities and peat and clay exposures) and their associated communities within the Yarmouth to Cowes MCZ; â?¢ To identify and map the extent and distribution of biotopes and biotope complexes associated with the three features of interest; â?¢ To characterise the habitats observed by providing semi-quantitative data on species composition of representative and notable biotopes; â?¢ To provide semi-quantitative data on the physical structure of the intertidal rocky substrate, including surface and structural complexity and stability; â?¢ To record the presence and abundance of any non-indigenous species (NIS); â?¢ To acquire high-quality biological data of suitable resolution to enable key attributes of condition for each of the three intertidal features of interest to be assessed according to Common Standards Monitoring (CSM) guidance; â?¢ To identify anthropogenic influences impacting on the ability of the features of interest to achieve favourable condition; â?¢ Ensure that the collected data are suitable for future use as baseline data to allow assessments of the direction of potential ecological change. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This dataset was collected and analysed by Seastar Survey Ltd. and then provided to Natural England. The survey approach focused on developing a cost-effective sampling strategy using Phase I and Phase II intertidal sampling techniques. In order to ensure analytical consistency within and between datasets, and to allow any spatial and temporal change in habitat condition to be detected, the collection and analysis of the data was completed in accordance with Common Standards Monitoring guidance (JNCC, 2004) and procedural guidelines outlined in the Marine Monitoring Handbook (Davies et al., 2001) and the CCW Handbook for Marine Intertidal Phase I Survey and Mapping (Wyn, et al., 2006). The aim of the Phase I survey was to determine the range, distribution and extent of the three relevant features of interest (i.e. intertidal rock, underboulder communities and peat and clay exposures) by assigning biotopes in situ on vertical (i.e. running from high to low shore) transects, in accordance with best practice guidance. The aim of the Phase II survey was to provide data on the species composition (i.e. community structure) of component communities within the features of interest. Due to time constraints, only habitats where features of interest were present were sampled. The survey was conducted from Monday 26th September 2022 to Saturday 1st October 2022. A total of 15 Phase I transects were successfully completed. Data obtained during the Phase I and Phase II surveys were imported into ArcGIS. These included all GPS trackplots and relevant point data from both Phase I (e.g. positions of boundary changes) and Phase II (quadrat data). The data were overlaid on available aerial photography obtained from CCO. Utilising these data together with the wireframe map field sketches created during the Phase I surveys, polygons were created within the GIS in order to map the location of the different biotopes identified at each transect. |
| 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 | Habitats and biotopes | |
| 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 | Habitat extent | |
| 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 | Protected Areas | |
| 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 | MCZ | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | UK project | |
| 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 | 50.7537 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.305 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.6981 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.5144 |
| Regional sea | Eastern Channel | |
| 30E8 | ||
| 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 | SeaStar Survey | |
| Individual name | S. Dewey | |
| info@seastarsurvey.co.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Natural England | |
| 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 | SeaStar Survey | |
| Individual name | S. Dewey | |
| info@seastarsurvey.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 | Natural England | |
| Position name | Marine Evidence Team | |
| 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. | No restrictions to public access |
| 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. | Not suitable for use in navigation |
| 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. | 2023-03-29 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2023-03-29 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2023-03-29 |
| 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. | 2023-04-26 |
| 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 |