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Metadata: 2007 - 2008, Gardline Geosurvey Ltd, Regional Environmental Characterisation Survey South Coast Region - Survey Data
Abstract:
The aim of the South Coast Regional Environmental Characterisation (REC) survey was to acquire data, of the highest quality and resolution possible, to enable broadscale characterisation of the seabed habitat, associated biological communities and potential historic environmental assets within the region. The South Coast regional survey area consisted of 28 survey corridors, each comprising of one centerline and two wing lines, totaling approximately 4,100 line km. High quality seabed imagery was obtained at 92 stations, beam trawls were successfully completed at 26 stations, and Hamon and clamshell grabs were completed at all stations where the seabed imagery indicated that the seabed was suitable for sampling activities. The specific objectives of the project were to: Acquire acoustic and geophysical data capable of describing broadscale seabed habitats and potential historic environment assets within the region, and so developing the understanding of the physical processes that influence the regional seabed, historic environment and its faunal communities; Acquire seabed imagery, seabed grab samples, and scientific beam trawl to describe the types of seabed habitats and epifauna that exist within the region and enable the future interpretation of acoustic and geophysical data; Acquire data capable of determining the location and significance of rare or regionally unique habitats or those that might be considered for protection under the terms of national conservation legislation; Acquire data capable of determining the significance of habitats and benthic species identified in maintaining the health of higher tropic levels of regional marine communities; Acquire geophysical, geological and biological data to support the integrated management of offshore resources in the region and to provide a better basis for marine spatial planning; Ensure that industry-led regional and licence specific monitoring data are placed within a wider description of habitats that highlights the relative importance of those habitats; Provide a resource that will enable improved management of marine offshore activities now and into the future and which may be used to resolve conflicts regarding seafloor use.
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 4898 |
| 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. | 2007 - 2008, Gardline Geosurvey Ltd, Regional Environmental Characterisation Survey South Coast Region - Survey Data |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | MEPF 07/02 |
| 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. | 781f71a7ecad5aa0825e1007f683f879 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 20419 |
| 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 | 2007-06-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2007-09-12 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | 1 |
| Spatial resolution unit | This describes the unit of spatial resolution which for distance must be metres. | http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/ISO_19139_Schemas/resources/uom/gmxUom.xml#m |
| 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 aim of the South Coast Regional Environmental Characterisation (REC) survey was to acquire data, of the highest quality and resolution possible, to enable broadscale characterisation of the seabed habitat, associated biological communities and potential historic environmental assets within the region. The South Coast regional survey area consisted of 28 survey corridors, each comprising of one centerline and two wing lines, totaling approximately 4,100 line km. High quality seabed imagery was obtained at 92 stations, beam trawls were successfully completed at 26 stations, and Hamon and clamshell grabs were completed at all stations where the seabed imagery indicated that the seabed was suitable for sampling activities. The specific objectives of the project were to: Acquire acoustic and geophysical data capable of describing broadscale seabed habitats and potential historic environment assets within the region, and so developing the understanding of the physical processes that influence the regional seabed, historic environment and its faunal communities; Acquire seabed imagery, seabed grab samples, and scientific beam trawl to describe the types of seabed habitats and epifauna that exist within the region and enable the future interpretation of acoustic and geophysical data; Acquire data capable of determining the location and significance of rare or regionally unique habitats or those that might be considered for protection under the terms of national conservation legislation; Acquire data capable of determining the significance of habitats and benthic species identified in maintaining the health of higher tropic levels of regional marine communities; Acquire geophysical, geological and biological data to support the integrated management of offshore resources in the region and to provide a better basis for marine spatial planning; Ensure that industry-led regional and licence specific monitoring data are placed within a wider description of habitats that highlights the relative importance of those habitats; Provide a resource that will enable improved management of marine offshore activities now and into the future and which may be used to resolve conflicts regarding seafloor use. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | High resolution seismic/acoustic and sampling datasets have been collected across the South Coast regional survey area between June 2007 and September 2007. The surveys were funded by the DEFRA Marine Environment Protection Fund under the wider Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Presentation type: digital representation of a primarily textual item (can contain illustrations also) Spatial representation type: 001 Supply media: 001 Origin: Gardline Geosurvey Limited |
| 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 | Sediment grain size parameters | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed | |
| 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 | Seabed photography | |
| 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 wet weight biomass per unit area of the bed | |
| 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 | Sedimentary structure | |
| 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 | Seismic reflection | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Magnetics | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed | |
| 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 | 49.7672631874 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -7.55719702927 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 49.7672598192 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -7.5572338114 |
| 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 | Marine ALSF via CEFAS delivery partner | |
| Position name | Contracts Manager | |
| Phone | +44(0)1502562244 | |
| Delivery point | Lowestoft Laboratory | |
| secretariat@alsf-mepf.org.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.cefas.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 | 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 | Gardline Environmental Ltd | |
| Phone | +44 (0) 1493 845600 | |
| Delivery point | Endeavour House, Admiralty Road, | |
| Postal code | NR30 3NG | |
| City | Great Yarmouth | |
| Administrative area | Norfolk | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| environmental@gardline.com | ||
| URL | http://www.gardline.com | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/1414/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 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. | no conditions apply |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Government Funded |
| 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. | 2008-02-29 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2007-01-01 |
| 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. | 2008-03-26 |
| 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 |