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Metadata: Berwickshire and North Northumberland European Marine Site Survey of the Intertidal Sand and Mud Flats Characterisation of the Large Shallow Inlets and Bays, Envision Mapping Ltd. Jan 2011
Abstract:
Four sites on the Berwickshire and North Northumberland European Marine Site were surveyed in order to assess the condition of intertidal sand and mud flats and establish a baseline for characterisation and future monitoring of the large shallow inlets and bays feature of the site. These sites are: Fenham Flats; Budle Bay; Beadnell Bay; and Embleton Bay.
Data holder:
Natural England
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 1980 |
| 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. | Berwickshire and North Northumberland European Marine Site Survey of the Intertidal Sand and Mud Flats Characterisation of the Large Shallow Inlets and Bays, Envision Mapping Ltd. Jan 2011 |
| 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. | 875a47c35a0ef0f6db8a5472f46f7287 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | unknown |
| 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 | 2011-01-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2011-01-01 |
| 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'. | continual |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | Four sites on the Berwickshire and North Northumberland European Marine Site were surveyed in order to assess the condition of intertidal sand and mud flats and establish a baseline for characterisation and future monitoring of the large shallow inlets and bays feature of the site. These sites are: Fenham Flats; Budle Bay; Beadnell Bay; and Embleton Bay. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Heights on the shore were measured relative to low tide wherever possible and the heights were adjusted to Chart Datum using the Admiralty tide data for the nearest port, Amble and Berwick, using Belfield Ltd. Tide Plotter software. Transects were surveyed on (a) rocky shores and on (b) soft sediment shores (sandy open shores and mud flats). The following survey methods were employed: Rocky Shores- A 100m tape was laid out so that it was loosely draped over the rocks, held down where necessary using small strips of lead flashing bent around the tape, key waypoints were marked with a dGPS and photographs taken to aid future relocation. The composition of the biotopes present within the previously delineated boundaries were then recorded.The abundance of algae and sessile animals attached to the open rock were recorded using an estimate of percentage cover within the 3m wide band within the main body of the biotope. Sandy Shores-It was considered, given the lack of distinguishing features on the sandy shores as compared to the rocky shores, that the accuracy of the dGPS was sufficient for measuring distances on the transects of the soft sediment habitats. A Leica Jogger 24 Optical Level (of a type often referred to as a 'Dumpy Level') was used for profiling in place of a level and cross-staff to give increased accuracy. Three 50cm quadrats were laid at random close to the profile reading positions and photographed. Counts of key conspicuous species were also made.There was provision for some PSA within the scope of the project and a number of samples were taken on each transect.There was also some provision for collecting infauna with 10 samples allocated to Budle Bay and 10 to Fenham Flats. All transects in these areas had at least 2 infaunal samples collected. The subtidal areas were surveyed using a small drop-down video system with a digital tape top-side recording unit. The system was deployed from small, shallow draft boats in order to navigate over shallow rocks close inshore. The positions of waypoints were recorded using a handheld dGPS unit and the vessels were also fitted with an echosounder. All GPS positions and waypoints were imported into a MapInfo GIS project. The biotopes within each survey site are available as individual shapefiles (these are the following- Mytilus; Arenicola; Sand; Mobile Sand; Zostera; Zostera noltii; Are/Cerastoderma; Are/Hydrobia; Salt marsh/ Spartina; Are/Enteromorpha). The transect profile data were imported into MS Excel (available at the end of the report) and presented as an annotated chart image. The site, biotope and species data from the surveys were also entered into excel spreadsheets. Video clips were recorded onto CD. 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. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | The site, biotope and species data from the survey have been entered into Marine Recorder. The SurveyName is "Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast EMS Survey of the Intertidal sand and mud flats" and the SurveyKey is "MRNE0112". Each transect site has been entered as a separate Location and the 2010 survey at each site as a separate SurveyEvent. |
| 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 | Protected sites |
| 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 | Marine archaeology | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.7812 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.5116 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.5333 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.0499 |
| 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 | Natural England | |
| Individual name | Elizabeth Williams | |
| 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 distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Natural England | |
| Position name | 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 | Natural England | |
| Position name | 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 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. | Please contact Natural England for details on data 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. | Please contact Natural England for details on data access and usage |
| 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. | 2011-01-01 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2011-01-01 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2011-01-01 |
| 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. | 2021-05-10 |
| 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 |