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Metadata: 1999 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Sound of Barra Ferry Facilities at Eriskay Harbour - Survey of Marine and Intertidal Habitats
Abstract:
This record is for a habitat survey undertaken within the Sound of Barra, Western Isles, in September 1999. The survey was undertaken as a precursor to the planned construction of a ferry terminal on the west coast of the Isle of Eriskay. The survey provided information on the littoral and sublittoral communities present within the Sound of Barra that might potentially be affected by the development, including the identification of rare species and sensitive biotope complexes. This information was gathered by: an in-situ assessment of intertidal habitats and communities, a subtidal diving survey, and a subtidal grab survey.
Data holder:
NatureScot (HQ Inverness)
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 11639 |
| 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 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Sound of Barra Ferry Facilities at Eriskay Harbour - Survey of Marine and Intertidal Habitats |
| 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. | f58f3082d3a7ee69b9c1bbc9aa389e54 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | GB-SCT-SNH-ME-000054-MRSNH01200000005-BARRA |
| 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 | 1999-09-07 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1999-09-07 |
| Spatial resolution unit | This describes the unit of spatial resolution which for distance must be metres. | urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001 |
| 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. | This record is for a habitat survey undertaken within the Sound of Barra, Western Isles, in September 1999. The survey was undertaken as a precursor to the planned construction of a ferry terminal on the west coast of the Isle of Eriskay. The survey provided information on the littoral and sublittoral communities present within the Sound of Barra that might potentially be affected by the development, including the identification of rare species and sensitive biotope complexes. This information was gathered by: an in-situ assessment of intertidal habitats and communities, a subtidal diving survey, and a subtidal grab survey. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Position-fixing during the diving and intertidal survey was achieved with the aid of a handheld Garmin 48 navigator (OSGB 36 datum) connected to a CSI ABX3 differential GPS radio-beacon receiver (differential signals received from the Butt of Lewis differential beacon on 294.00KHz). Position-fixing during the grab survey was achieved using the on-board GPS (WGS64 datum). intertidal survey - Where in-situ ID was not possible, specimens were collected for later ID and preservation. Dive survey - Dive times and depths were recorded accurately from decompression computers, with the depths later corrected to chart datum. Specimens of conspicuous species (particularly those difficult to identify in-situ) were collected in plastic bags for later ID and preservation. Recording forms were completed the evening after the dives and checked for quality and legibility before survey work continued. Collected specimens were either identified in the temporary laboratory or on return to the mainland. grab survey - All samples were checked for consistency of volume and the sample rejected if insufficient sediment was retained or the sample was disturbed by having debris trapped in the jaws of the grab. All the animals removed from the samples were identified to species level and individuals counted, where practicable. If damage to the specimen, or some other reason, made it impossible to ID a specimen to the level of species then the next higher taxonomic level was used. Non-countable animals such as colonies and plants were recorded as "P". A number of samples contained very high numbers of macrobenthic fauna, which required that subsampling be carried out. Macrobenthic data were used to generate the following tables and parameters: - raw data table - number of individuals at each station - Shannon-Wiener index - Pielou's evenness index - Simpson's dominance index - Classification using group average clustering - Non-linear ordination - A ranked list of the 10 most numerically abundant taxa at each station Particle grain size analysis was carried out but is not present in the Marine Recorder record and is however detailed in the associated report. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Cordah, Ltd (2000) Sound of Barra Ferry Facilities: Survey of Marine and Intertidal Habitats. Cordah/BAB.004/1999. |
| 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 | 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 taxonomic 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 | 57.0777 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -7.2997 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 57.0384 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -7.3767 |
| Regional sea | Minches and Western Scotland | |
| 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 | BMT Cordah | |
| Position name | Data Manager | |
| Phone | +44 (0) 1224 414 200 | |
| enquiries@bmtcordah.com | ||
| 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 | |
| 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. | 2008-10-20 |
| 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. | 2025-06-10 |
| 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 |
| Metadata parent | 5b234a24e7aff97ad742a7741d4d6699 | |