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Metadata: 2003 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast littoral and sublittoral cave survey
Abstract:
The shore and inshore waters from St Abbs Head to Alnmouth, including the Farne Islands, comprise an area of unusually high marine habitat diversity which is of international importance under Annex I of the Habitats Directive. The site has been selected for its extensive and diverse reef habitats, range of littoral mudflat and sandflat communities, and submerged and partly submerged sea caves. It is a mandatory requirement of SACs that monitoring of a site is carried out (site condition monitoring) to identify deterioration in the condition of the feature(s) for which the cSAC has been established. The purpose of this survey was to initiate site condition monitoring of the Submerged or Partly Submerged Sea Caves feature of the Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast cSAC. Under a Memorandum of Agreement with English Nature the survey included specified sublittoral cave locations throughout the cSAC, but the littoral component of the monitoring work was to only cover the Scottish sector of the site. The approach taken was to establish a series of relocatable profile stations within selected cave or tunnel sites, reflecting the biological and environmental diversity of the cave feature. The aim being to build on previous Berwickshire and North Northumberland cave studies, with the main emphasis on establishing re-locatable monitoring stations and gathering field data from each station at a Phase 2 level.
Data holder:
NatureScot (HQ Inverness)
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 11363 |
| 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) Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast littoral and sublittoral cave survey |
| 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. | 520deb51ee5b8ed4f8e1f143500b5ef0 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | GB-SCT-SNH-ME-000082-MRSNH01100000004-BWNOR |
| 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 | 2023-05-29 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2003-06-17 |
| 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 shore and inshore waters from St Abbs Head to Alnmouth, including the Farne Islands, comprise an area of unusually high marine habitat diversity which is of international importance under Annex I of the Habitats Directive. The site has been selected for its extensive and diverse reef habitats, range of littoral mudflat and sandflat communities, and submerged and partly submerged sea caves. It is a mandatory requirement of SACs that monitoring of a site is carried out (site condition monitoring) to identify deterioration in the condition of the feature(s) for which the cSAC has been established. The purpose of this survey was to initiate site condition monitoring of the Submerged or Partly Submerged Sea Caves feature of the Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast cSAC. Under a Memorandum of Agreement with English Nature the survey included specified sublittoral cave locations throughout the cSAC, but the littoral component of the monitoring work was to only cover the Scottish sector of the site. The approach taken was to establish a series of relocatable profile stations within selected cave or tunnel sites, reflecting the biological and environmental diversity of the cave feature. The aim being to build on previous Berwickshire and North Northumberland cave studies, with the main emphasis on establishing re-locatable monitoring stations and gathering field data from each station at a Phase 2 level. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Analysis and reporting - During fieldwork: The basic characteristics of each cave site (site name, position, height/depth, surveyors etc) were recorded on a standard MNCR site form. In addition to this, neat versions of the physical measurements and the Phase 2 biological records were completed in a standard format for inclusion with the site form. This included: - tabulation of the physical measurement data; - neat scale drawings of the cave floor plan and tape datum on graph paper, together with drawings of the cross sections with the position of the tape datum indicated in each; - notes of times and heights/depths relative to sea level and to chart datum; - a drawing of each cross section where biological recording was completed, indicating the extent of each zone or biotope around the cross section with measurements, a brief description of each zone, and a species list for each zone with abundance data; - a note of any specimens taken; - initial biotope identification. Since the latest biotope classification system for Britain and Ireland was only partially available at the time of the survey, biotopes were identified using version 97.06 (Connor et al., 1997a,b), supplemented by the â??working intertidal caves classificationâ?? (version 07.99, MNCR, 1999). Specimens taken in the field were identified as far as possible, the record sheets amended accordingly, and any specimens requiring further work preserved and labelled. The photographs and video taken each day were reviewed, and appropriate logs maintained. Photographs were downloaded each day and stored on laptop computer, to free up camera memory for the following dayâ??s work. Analysis and reporting - Post fieldwork: On return from fieldwork, all field data were copied or backed up, and a copy issued to SNH. Video footage taken on mini DV tape in the field, was copied for back-up purposes. A VHS (PAL) version was issued for basic review and checking against the surveyorâ??s records, with the digital versions also available for viewing if necessary. The biological data were reviewed for consistency, and checked against the photographic and video record, and the biotope codes finalised. The cave plans drawn up during the fieldwork were also reviewed, and then scanned and digitised for subsequent presentation. Specimens requiring further identification were identified as far as possible, and the record sheets again amended accordingly. Events in Marine Recorder = each site e.g. Petticowick Harbour. Samples = each zone of the cave cross section, at certain distances along a transect e.g. 1/1 = Zone 1 (cave floor), station 1 (cave mouth) |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | ERT (Scotland) Ltd (2004). Site Condition monitoring: Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast (BNNC) littoral and sublittoral caves, June 2003. SNH Commissioned Report 69 |
| 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 | 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 | Macroalgae and seagrass taxonomy-related counts | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment grain size parameters | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Zoobenthos generic 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 | 56.013737238857 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.3677978515625 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.447710836301 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.5048828125 |
| Regional sea | Northern North Sea | |
| 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 | ERT (Scotland) Ltd | |
| Position name | Marine Environmental Consultancy | |
| dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk | ||
| 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`. | 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/ |
| 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. | no restrictions to public access |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Database |
| Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Documents | |
| 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. | 2008-06-20 |
| 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 |