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Metadata: 2010 - 2011, British Geological Survey, The MALSF synthesis study in the central and eastern English Channel
Abstract:
The need for effective stewardship of the marine environment through integrated management, balancing the requirements for development and exploitation with nature conservation and legislation, has been widely recognised. However, implementing such a strategy requires a significant knowledge of the nature of the sea bed. Acquiring such knowledge in the central and eastern English Channel has been a focus of the Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF) since 2005. The MALSF has funded a series of surveys to acquire high resolution data and its subsequent interpretation, along with other data, using a multi-disciplinary approach including geologists, biologists and archaeologists. This study presents a synthesis and summary of the results and outputs of these previous studies aimed at a wider public audience in an accessible and relatively simple format, complementing the published scientific reports and datasets that have been produced. This synthesis report has as its core two regional environmental characterisation (REC) studies, the Eastern English Channel Marine Habitat Map (EECMHM) and the South Coast REC. The principal objectives for the EECMHM and South Coast RECs and this synthesis study include geological interpretations to characterise the rock and sediments, ecological interpretations of the marine biology, and integrating the geology and biology to provide maps of sea bed habitat. Archaeological objectives include characterising and mapping wrecks and objects on the sea bed, and also characterising the potential of the area to contain submerged sites of prehistoric occupation. The amalgamated data from these two REC studies plus further data in the two new areas has been re-assessed to provide a harmonised interpretation for the whole synthesis study area. The synthesis study has also enabled a new analysis of the biological and geological characteristics of the study area and the production of a new biotope interpretation and map, based on a modified EUNIS classification.
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 4503 |
| 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. | 2010 - 2011, British Geological Survey, The MALSF synthesis study in the central and eastern English Channel |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Synthesis survey |
| 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. | 2da55047767c53efb589a4a5b88fbb00 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 21353 |
| 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 | 2010-03-08 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2010-03-18 |
| 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. | The need for effective stewardship of the marine environment through integrated management, balancing the requirements for development and exploitation with nature conservation and legislation, has been widely recognised. However, implementing such a strategy requires a significant knowledge of the nature of the sea bed. Acquiring such knowledge in the central and eastern English Channel has been a focus of the Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF) since 2005. The MALSF has funded a series of surveys to acquire high resolution data and its subsequent interpretation, along with other data, using a multi-disciplinary approach including geologists, biologists and archaeologists. This study presents a synthesis and summary of the results and outputs of these previous studies aimed at a wider public audience in an accessible and relatively simple format, complementing the published scientific reports and datasets that have been produced. This synthesis report has as its core two regional environmental characterisation (REC) studies, the Eastern English Channel Marine Habitat Map (EECMHM) and the South Coast REC. The principal objectives for the EECMHM and South Coast RECs and this synthesis study include geological interpretations to characterise the rock and sediments, ecological interpretations of the marine biology, and integrating the geology and biology to provide maps of sea bed habitat. Archaeological objectives include characterising and mapping wrecks and objects on the sea bed, and also characterising the potential of the area to contain submerged sites of prehistoric occupation. The amalgamated data from these two REC studies plus further data in the two new areas has been re-assessed to provide a harmonised interpretation for the whole synthesis study area. The synthesis study has also enabled a new analysis of the biological and geological characteristics of the study area and the production of a new biotope interpretation and map, based on a modified EUNIS classification. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Survey data was collected by British Geological Survey between 08/03/10 and 18/03/10. The data analysis and report writing were conducted by BGS in 2010. The BGS survey number is 2010/02 |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Presentation type: documentDigital Supply media: dvd Origin: British Geological Survey |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Research |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Research and Development Activity | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sedimentary structure | |
| 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 | Habitat extent | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bathymetry and Elevation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fishery characterisation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine archaeology | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment acoustics | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Side-scan sonar | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Seabed photography | |
| 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 | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.910969 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 0.978183 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.595093 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -0.014963 |
| 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 | "Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science" | |
| Position name | ALSF-MEPF Secretariat | |
| Phone | +44(0)1502524228 | |
| Delivery point | Lowestoft Laboratory | |
| patricia.falconer@cefas.co.uk | ||
| URL | www.alsf-mepf.org.uk/default.asp | |
| 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 | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| Delivery point | 1 St James's Market | |
| Postal code | SW1Y 4AH | |
| City | London | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | British Geological Survey, Keyworth | |
| Phone | +44 (0)115 936 3100 | |
| Fax | +44 (0)115 936 3200 | |
| Delivery point | Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth | |
| Postal code | NG12 5GG | |
| City | Nottingham | |
| Administrative area | Nottinghamshire | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@bgs.ac.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.bgs.ac.uk | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/1261/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | copyright | |
| 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. | exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | ".cod |
| 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. | 2011-03-21 |
| 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. | 2010-11-18 |
| 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 | Version 2.3.5 |