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Metadata: 1999 Coral Cay Conservation Sub-Aqua Club (CCC-SAC) Fal Estuary Maerl and Seagrass Dive Survey
Abstract:
A small team of divers undertook a survey of the Fal estuary during the priod 27th-31st August 1999 to assess the amount of Zostera marina and also the amount of Maerl on the St. Mawes bank, and St. Mawes harbour. The team found and mapped three main Zostera beds and identified small patches of Zostera at two further locations. No detailed attempt was made to survey these beds for the presence of parasitic slime mould nor the amount of epiphyte cover. The team also carried out fourteen separate transect dives to record the percentage amount of both total maerl and also live maerl. The main maerl species present was lithothamnion calcareum. This was supplemented with a more detailed survey round a fixed datum point situated off Castle Point at the entrance to St. Mawes harbour. Large deposits of maerl were found on St. Mawes bank and also round the central datum marker often with a high percentage of this live especially in shallow water. The maerl was often found in association with the brown algae Cutleria multifida.
Data holder:
Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH)
Use constraints:
Natural England and DASSH terms and conditions apply.
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 1834 |
| 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. | 1999 Coral Cay Conservation Sub-Aqua Club (CCC-SAC) Fal Estuary Maerl and Seagrass Dive 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. | 7e221927e8cfb7e646c94ac32ab47e7d |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | MM_0142 |
| 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 | 1999-08-27 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1999-08-31 |
| 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. | A small team of divers undertook a survey of the Fal estuary during the priod 27th-31st August 1999 to assess the amount of Zostera marina and also the amount of Maerl on the St. Mawes bank, and St. Mawes harbour. The team found and mapped three main Zostera beds and identified small patches of Zostera at two further locations. No detailed attempt was made to survey these beds for the presence of parasitic slime mould nor the amount of epiphyte cover. The team also carried out fourteen separate transect dives to record the percentage amount of both total maerl and also live maerl. The main maerl species present was lithothamnion calcareum. This was supplemented with a more detailed survey round a fixed datum point situated off Castle Point at the entrance to St. Mawes harbour. Large deposits of maerl were found on St. Mawes bank and also round the central datum marker often with a high percentage of this live especially in shallow water. The maerl was often found in association with the brown algae Cutleria multifida. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This was the first year in which members of the Coral Cay Conservation Sub-Aqua Club (CCC-SAC) had visited the Fal Estuary. The expedition lasted for one week from 27th to 31st August, 1999 and consisted of a small but dedicated team. The majority of the expedition members were experienced Scillies volunteers and the team was able to cover a considerable amount of work. During the expedition the CCC-SAC volunteers had two objectives: Map the boundaries of the Zostera marina beds along the east and west banks of Carrick Roads to the north of Falmouth harbour, St. Mawes harbout and the Percuil River. Map the boundaries of the Maerl beds on St. Mawes bank and St. Mawes Harbour. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Cook, K.J. 2000 Report of the Coral Cay Conservation Sub-Aqua Club Survey of the Fal Estuary, August 1999, Coral Cay Conservation, London. |
| 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 | Geology | |
| 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 | Macroalgae generic abundance in water bodies | |
| 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 | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.2682 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4.941 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.0818 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -5.18 |
| Regional sea | Western Channel and Celtic Sea | |
| English Channel | ||
| benthic boundary layer | ||
| 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 | Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) | |
| Position name | Data Manager | |
| Phone | 01752 633102 | |
| Fax | 01752 633291 | |
| Delivery point | Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill | |
| Postal code | PL1 2PB | |
| City | Plymouth | |
| 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) | |
| Position name | Data Manager | |
| Phone | 01752 633102 | |
| Fax | 01752 633291 | |
| Delivery point | Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill | |
| Postal code | PL1 2PB | |
| City | Plymouth | |
| dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | English Nature | |
| Individual name | Kevan J. Cook | |
| Delivery point | Northminster House | |
| Postal code | PE1 1UA | |
| City | Peterborough | |
| dassh.enquiries@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 | Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) | |
| Position name | Data Manager | |
| Phone | 01752 633102 | |
| Fax | 01752 633291 | |
| Delivery point | Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill | |
| Postal code | PL1 2PB | |
| City | Plymouth | |
| dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://www.dassh.ac.uk |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | The archive for marine species and habitats data (DASSH) website |
| 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. | Natural England and DASSH terms and conditions apply. |
| 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. | Natural England and DASSH terms and conditions apply. |
| 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. | 2000-12-31 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-12 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2020-01-28 |
| 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 |