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Metadata: 2023, Natural England, Environment Agency, JNCC, and Cefas, Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme, Marine Restoration Potential (MaRePo)
Abstract:
Marine Restoration Potential (MaRePo) project is a proof-of-concept study which explores the habitat restoration potential of some key threatened and declining (subtidal) marine habitats as defined by the OSPAR convention: kelp forest, maerl beds, native oyster (Ostrea edulis) beds, horse mussel (Modiolus modiolus) beds, and sea pen and burrowing megafauna communities. These habitats were chosen as they occurred within English waters and were known to have some possibility for active or passive restoration interventions. This project uses a spatial analysis approach to investigate the current, historic, and potential future distribution of these habitats in English waters (out to 200 nautical miles (nm) from the shore). This report provides the first investigation and mapping of marine restoration potential in English waters. Although the modelling approaches chosen for the different habitats vary, the restoration potential for some habitats (such as kelp forest and native oyster beds) appears greater than for others such as the maerl beds, horse mussel beds and seapen and burrowing megafauna habitats. There is a need for further refinement of the restoration potential models to improve both the confidence of the models and remove areas of hard constraint where restoration would not be possible. There is also a need to future-proof areas of potential restoration by including limitations from climate change. Further opportunities to develop this work refine areas for restoration as well as developing pilot restoration handbooks and testing the viability of restoration zones with on the ground pilot studies would be beneficial. The report can also be found on Natural England’s Access to Evidence website.
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 19302 |
| 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. | 2023, Natural England, Environment Agency, JNCC, and Cefas, Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme, Marine Restoration Potential (MaRePo) |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Marine Restoration Potential (MaRePo) |
| 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. | 9b55b291-3cd8-4c70-be4d-29198bb6c9f9 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | TCE-3852 |
| 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 | 1860-01-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2021-12-31 |
| 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. | Marine Restoration Potential (MaRePo) project is a proof-of-concept study which explores the habitat restoration potential of some key threatened and declining (subtidal) marine habitats as defined by the OSPAR convention: kelp forest, maerl beds, native oyster (Ostrea edulis) beds, horse mussel (Modiolus modiolus) beds, and sea pen and burrowing megafauna communities. These habitats were chosen as they occurred within English waters and were known to have some possibility for active or passive restoration interventions. This project uses a spatial analysis approach to investigate the current, historic, and potential future distribution of these habitats in English waters (out to 200 nautical miles (nm) from the shore). This report provides the first investigation and mapping of marine restoration potential in English waters. Although the modelling approaches chosen for the different habitats vary, the restoration potential for some habitats (such as kelp forest and native oyster beds) appears greater than for others such as the maerl beds, horse mussel beds and seapen and burrowing megafauna habitats. There is a need for further refinement of the restoration potential models to improve both the confidence of the models and remove areas of hard constraint where restoration would not be possible. There is also a need to future-proof areas of potential restoration by including limitations from climate change. Further opportunities to develop this work refine areas for restoration as well as developing pilot restoration handbooks and testing the viability of restoration zones with on the ground pilot studies would be beneficial. The report can also be found on Natural England’s Access to Evidence website. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The initial MaRePo project commissioned for 2022/23 is a proof-of-concept study to understand what is possible in determining how best to map the potential restoration of marine habitats. Although the habitats covered in this study (kelp, maerl, native oyster, horse mussels and sea pens and burrowing megafauna) are distinctly different in their current and historic extents and distributions in English waters, these habitats also have some similarities: They all act as ecosystem engineers that provide habitat complexity, structure, and resources for associated marine fauna and flora. These habitats also provide important ecosystem services such as water filtration, sediment stabilisation, habitat provision for commercially important species, and climate change mitigation via flood risk alleviation and/ or carbon storage. However, these habitats tend to be highly sensitive to ecological and environmental factors, anthropogenic impacts, and the effects of changing climate. The report included in this series consists of five habitat-specific sections; one for each habitat included in the MaRePo project (kelp beds, maerl habitats, native oysters, horse mussel beds and sea pen and burrowing megafauna communities). Each habitat-specific section includes a critical literature review on biology and ecological importance, habitat distribution and factors affecting habitat distribution, and the previous restoration approaches trialled for the habitat. The results sections show the collated data on current and historic distribution of each habitat, as well as the proof-of-concept models on habitat restoration potential based on key physical attributes specific to each habitat. The restoration potential maps vary considerably between the habitats included in this study, due to differences in availability and quality of existing abundance and distribution data between the habitats, as well as our understanding on the biotic and abiotic factors and the thresholds for impact on distribution of each habitat. The lineages for each individual habitat dataset are included in the dataset level MEDIN Discovery Metadata in each data package. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | 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 | 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 | Habitats and biotopes | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 56.6 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 3.4 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 47.43 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -10.7 |
| 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 | The Crown Estate | |
| Position name | Marine Data Advisor | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.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 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Natural England | |
| Position name | Marine Net Gain Team | |
| Phone | +44 (0)300 060 3900 | |
| enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-3852/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 | Once published, there will be no limitations on public access. Data must be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchanges Terms of Use which can be found on the website. | |
| 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. | Once published, there will be no constraints on access and use. Data must be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchanges Terms of Use which can be found on the website. |
| 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. | 2023-09-20 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2023-05-23 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2022-10-01 |
| 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. | 2026-02-05 |
| 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 |