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Metadata: 2011-2025 Compilation of Scottish adhoc sightings of carpet sea squirt.
Abstract:
Public description: • This metadata includes all physical observations of invasive non-native carpet sea squirt Didemnum vexillum between 2011-2025. Technical description: • This metadata was compiled from information already publicly available (published), unpublished records held or provided to the Marine Directorate of Scottish Government by governmental agencies and citizen scientists. • Some physical samples are held by the Marine Directorate and can be requested by emailing marinenonnativespecies@gov.scot.
Data holder:
Scottish Government
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 10677 |
| 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. | 2011-2025 Compilation of Scottish adhoc sightings of carpet sea squirt. |
| 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. | cb73be9c-a58e-492c-85f8-7ac340201b80 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | MD12576 |
| 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 | 2011-07-26 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2025-10-08 |
| 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'. | unknown |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | Public description: • This metadata includes all physical observations of invasive non-native carpet sea squirt Didemnum vexillum between 2011-2025. Technical description: • This metadata was compiled from information already publicly available (published), unpublished records held or provided to the Marine Directorate of Scottish Government by governmental agencies and citizen scientists. • Some physical samples are held by the Marine Directorate and can be requested by emailing marinenonnativespecies@gov.scot. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This data was compiled by the Marine Directorate of Scottish Government from information already publicly available (published), unpublished records held or provided to the Marine Directorate of Scottish Government by governmental agencies and citizen scientists. |
| 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 | Species distribution |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Invasive species monitoring parameters | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 61.040558855141 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -0.4833984375 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.258251327963 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -8.364258762449 |
| 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 | Scottish Government | |
| Individual name | Iveta Matejusova | |
| marinenonnativespecies@gov.scot | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Scottish Government | |
| Individual name | Iveta Matejusova | |
| Position name | Senior Scientist | |
| marinenonnativespecies@gov.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 | Scottish Government | |
| Individual name | Iveta Matejusova | |
| Position name | Senior Scientist | |
| marinenonnativespecies@gov.scot | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Scottish Government | |
| Individual name | Iveta Matejusova | |
| Position name | Senior Scientist | |
| marinenonnativespecies@gov.scot | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Scottish Government | |
| Individual name | Iveta Matejusova | |
| Position name | Senior Scientist | |
| marinenonnativespecies@gov.scot | ||
| 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 | no limitation apply | |
| 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 conditions apply |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Delimited |
| 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. | 2026-06-19 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-09-27 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-07-20 |
| 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 |