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Metadata: 2003 Natural England (NE) Plymouth Sound European Marine Site Sublittoral Monitoring
Abstract:
Plymouth Sound and Estuaries in South Devon was nominated as a candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) to the European Commission in 1996 for the wide range of marine communities this group of large, shallow inlets and estuaries contains. The southwest location results in a species rich, southerly flora and fauna whilst the variations in wave exposure, water depth, rock and sediment types, salinity and tidal streams have produced a rich diversity of habitats within a small geographical area. This survey was designed to look at the extent and diversity of the biotopes on the subtidal reefs within the Plymouth Sound section of this European marine site. One of the main features of the area is the deep water channel which runs through part of this area which has steep, tide-swept limestone sides with kelp forests and faunal turfs. Elsewhere there are kelp forests with the southern kelp species Laminaria ochroleuca, cobble and pebble beds with ephemeral algae, and circalittoral shale bedrock with species-rich faunal turf including sea fans and sponges. This survey was commissioned to look at the extent and diversity of the infralittoral and circalittoral biotopes within the site and to initiate a repeatable monitoring programme, against which the condition of the site can be measured in the future. It forms part of a larger programme to monitor specific features of all the sublittoral marine SACs in England. This project was designed to enable the condition of the Plymouth Sound cSAC to be assessed against the targets for the features listed in the table below. This required diving fieldwork to establish a baseline of information against which the site condition could be assessed in the future and which could also be used in a comparison with extant data sets. The methods used broadly followed those outlined in the Procedural Guidelines in the Marine Monitoring Handbook (Davies et al. 2001). Fieldwork was carried out during 2003, with the data collected establishing a quantitative baseline of information for the site. Comparisons were made between these data and other data from various surveys since 1985, including quantitative data from monitoring trials carried out in 1998 and 1999.
Data holder:
Natural England
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Use constraints:
OGL
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 2404 |
| 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 Natural England (NE) Plymouth Sound European Marine Site Sublittoral Monitoring |
| 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. | a0f31a4efa7c1b517bec3db7962a6a1d |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | NATENG000113 |
| 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 | 2003-01-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2003-12-31 |
| 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. | Plymouth Sound and Estuaries in South Devon was nominated as a candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) to the European Commission in 1996 for the wide range of marine communities this group of large, shallow inlets and estuaries contains. The southwest location results in a species rich, southerly flora and fauna whilst the variations in wave exposure, water depth, rock and sediment types, salinity and tidal streams have produced a rich diversity of habitats within a small geographical area. This survey was designed to look at the extent and diversity of the biotopes on the subtidal reefs within the Plymouth Sound section of this European marine site. One of the main features of the area is the deep water channel which runs through part of this area which has steep, tide-swept limestone sides with kelp forests and faunal turfs. Elsewhere there are kelp forests with the southern kelp species Laminaria ochroleuca, cobble and pebble beds with ephemeral algae, and circalittoral shale bedrock with species-rich faunal turf including sea fans and sponges. This survey was commissioned to look at the extent and diversity of the infralittoral and circalittoral biotopes within the site and to initiate a repeatable monitoring programme, against which the condition of the site can be measured in the future. It forms part of a larger programme to monitor specific features of all the sublittoral marine SACs in England. This project was designed to enable the condition of the Plymouth Sound cSAC to be assessed against the targets for the features listed in the table below. This required diving fieldwork to establish a baseline of information against which the site condition could be assessed in the future and which could also be used in a comparison with extant data sets. The methods used broadly followed those outlined in the Procedural Guidelines in the Marine Monitoring Handbook (Davies et al. 2001). Fieldwork was carried out during 2003, with the data collected establishing a quantitative baseline of information for the site. Comparisons were made between these data and other data from various surveys since 1985, including quantitative data from monitoring trials carried out in 1998 and 1999. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | N/A |
| 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 | Habitat extent | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitat characterisation | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.3848 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.8789 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.2586 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4.3953 |
| Regional sea | circalittoral | |
| 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 | Natural England | |
| Individual name | Marine GI Data 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 distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Natural England | |
| Individual name | Marine GI Data 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 | Aquatic Survey and Monitoring Ltd. | |
| Individual name | Francis Bunker | |
| fbunker@marineseen.com | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Aquatic Survey and Monitoring Ltd. | |
| Individual name | Christine Howson | |
| dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Aquatic Survey and Monitoring Ltd. | |
| Individual name | Tom Mercer | |
| 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 | Natural England | |
| Individual name | Marine GI Data 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 | ||
| 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. | OGL |
| 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. | OGL |
| 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. | 2004-01-01 |
| 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. | 2021-11-10 |
| 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 |