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Metadata: 2010 -2011, SMRU Ltd., European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, Bird and Marine Mammal Surveys
Abstract:
Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Limited (AOWFL) has applied for consent to Marine Scotland for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) and as part of that process have been collecting and processing the required ecological data. Previously 15 months of boat-based surveys for marine mammals and seabirds had been carried out by Hull University and RPS during 2007-2008. SMRU Ltd were contracted to conduct a further 12 months of surveys which started in August 2010. This report presents data on the distribution of sightings and acoustic detections of marine mammals and sightings of seabirds from the 12 surveys which took place between August 2010 and August 2011.
Data holder:
Crown Estate Scotland
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 18488 |
| 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, SMRU Ltd., European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, Bird and Marine Mammal Surveys |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Bird and 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. | 2fbd18ce-aae0-46ae-9d87-84b1c5eb547c |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | CES-102 |
| 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 | 2010-08-02 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2011-08-22 |
| 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'. | asNeeded |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Limited (AOWFL) has applied for consent to Marine Scotland for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) and as part of that process have been collecting and processing the required ecological data. Previously 15 months of boat-based surveys for marine mammals and seabirds had been carried out by Hull University and RPS during 2007-2008. SMRU Ltd were contracted to conduct a further 12 months of surveys which started in August 2010. This report presents data on the distribution of sightings and acoustic detections of marine mammals and sightings of seabirds from the 12 surveys which took place between August 2010 and August 2011. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The aim of the Year 2 project was to conduct monthly boat surveys of three strata (north, south and offshore, Figure 1) to record marine mammal and seabird sightings data as well as simultaneously collecting cetacean acoustic data. The north survey area overlapped with the areas surveyed previously during Year 1 data collection (Figure 2). Surveys commenced in August 2010, but due to adverse weather conditions and timing of other activity within the site (e.g. a geophysical survey), a survey in every month was not possible. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bird counts |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bird behaviour | |
| 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 abundance | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bird taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of surface | |
| 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 | 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 | 57.27 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.65 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 56.99 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.25 |
| 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 | ABPmer | |
| Phone | +44 (0)23 8071 1840 | |
| enquiries@abpmer.co.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 | 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 | |
| Phone | +44 (0) 1334 479 100 | |
| info@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 | Vattenfall Wind Power Ltd | |
| joanne.hutchinson@vattenfall.com | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/CES-102/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. | 2025-11-04 |
| 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. | 2026-05-14 |
| 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 |