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Metadata: 2011-2012, SMRU Ltd, Zone 2 Firth of Forth, Marine Mammal Surveys
Abstract:
Seagreen Wind Energy Limited has been awarded the rights to develop a number of offshore wind farms in the Firth of Forth Round 3 Zone by The Crown Estate under the Third Round of the offshore wind licensing arrangements. As part of the development process Seagreen will be carrying out Environmental Impact Assessments for the wind farms. In order to inform these assessments Seagreen have been collecting and processing the required ecological data to characterise the baseline conditions of the area. Reports within this series detail: -Analysis from boat-based surveys for marine mammals and seabirds -Analysis of aerial survey methods to record seabirds and marine mammals -Report on the analyses carried out on the marine mammal data collected during aerial surveys -Analysis of existing satellite telemetry and aerial survey data to describe the abundance and distribution of harbour (or common) and grey seals in the Firths of Forth and Tay -Report on Cetacean baseline characterisation for the Firth of Tay based on existing data -Marine mammal noise impact assessment for seals, bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises
Data holder:
Crown Estate Scotland
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 18223 |
| 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. | 2011-2012, SMRU Ltd, Zone 2 Firth of Forth, Marine Mammal Surveys |
| 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. | 00bc3055-a726-4b8a-b787-721256799ceb |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | CES-401 |
| 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. | series |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2011-10-20 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2012-06-13 |
| 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. | Seagreen Wind Energy Limited has been awarded the rights to develop a number of offshore wind farms in the Firth of Forth Round 3 Zone by The Crown Estate under the Third Round of the offshore wind licensing arrangements. As part of the development process Seagreen will be carrying out Environmental Impact Assessments for the wind farms. In order to inform these assessments Seagreen have been collecting and processing the required ecological data to characterise the baseline conditions of the area. Reports within this series detail: -Analysis from boat-based surveys for marine mammals and seabirds -Analysis of aerial survey methods to record seabirds and marine mammals -Report on the analyses carried out on the marine mammal data collected during aerial surveys -Analysis of existing satellite telemetry and aerial survey data to describe the abundance and distribution of harbour (or common) and grey seals in the Firths of Forth and Tay -Report on Cetacean baseline characterisation for the Firth of Tay based on existing data -Marine mammal noise impact assessment for seals, bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The reports were written between October 2011 and June 2012 using the following survey data: - Boat-based surveys for marine mammals and seabirds carred out by ECON Ecology between May 2010 and November 2011 - Aerial surveys to record seabirds and marine mammals, commissioned by The Crown Estate and surveyed during summer 2009 and winter 2009-2010 - Existing (baseline) satellite telemetry and aerial survey data of harbour (or common) and grey seals in the Firths of Forth and Tay - Existing (baseline) data for Cetacean characterisation (bottlenose dolphins) in the Firth of Tay - Marine mammal noise impact assessment modelling for seals, bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Acoustic noise in the water column |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Cetacean behaviour | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Seal behaviour | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Seal abundance | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Cetacean abundance | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Consenting | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Agreement for Lease Area | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Species distribution | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 56.7429 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -0.6714 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.9053 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.8797 |
| 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 | Seagreen | |
| Individual name | Lisa Howell | |
| Position name | GIS Analyst | |
| Lisa.Howell@fluor.com | ||
| 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 | Crown Estate Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 260 6070 | |
| enquiries@crownestatescotland.com | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | SMRU Limited | |
| Individual name | Carol Sparling | |
| ces@smru.co.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Crown Estate Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 260 6070 | |
| enquiries@crownestatescotland.com | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Seagreen | |
| Individual name | Lisa Howell | |
| Position name | GIS Analyst | |
| Lisa.Howell@fluor.com | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/CES-401/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.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 | There will be no limitations when published on the Marine Data Exchange | |
| 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. | Data Must be used in accordance to the Marine Data Exchange's Terms of Use: https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/content/info/terms-of-use |
| 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. | 2026-03-02 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-10-25 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-10-06 |
| 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 |