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Metadata: 2014, Ocean Ecology, Kentish Flats Extension, Benthic Survey
Abstract:
OceanEcology Limited were commissioned by Vattenfall Wind Power Ltd to undertake a pre-construction benthic survey of the Kentish Flats Extension (KFE) area in order to provide a detailed baseline of the benthic habitats and associated macrobenthic assemblages. The survey was undertaken in June 2014 and involved single and triplicate grab sampling at 53 stations resulting in the collection of 119 sediment samples that were subject to faunal, PSD and TOC analysis. The resulting data underwent univariate and multivariate analysis to establish the nature of the sediments and associated macrobenthic communities distributed across the KFE area, the cable route corridor and tidal excursion.
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 19408 |
| 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. | 2014, Ocean Ecology, Kentish Flats Extension, Benthic Survey |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Benthic 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. | cfe34c5b-def5-42fe-a526-56d071bdd9e2 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | TCE-838 |
| 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 | 2014-06-02 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2014-06-06 |
| 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. | OceanEcology Limited were commissioned by Vattenfall Wind Power Ltd to undertake a pre-construction benthic survey of the Kentish Flats Extension (KFE) area in order to provide a detailed baseline of the benthic habitats and associated macrobenthic assemblages. The survey was undertaken in June 2014 and involved single and triplicate grab sampling at 53 stations resulting in the collection of 119 sediment samples that were subject to faunal, PSD and TOC analysis. The resulting data underwent univariate and multivariate analysis to establish the nature of the sediments and associated macrobenthic communities distributed across the KFE area, the cable route corridor and tidal excursion. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The spatial extent of the survey array was designed to cover approximately one tidal excursion (based on the tidal diamond located on UKHO chart 1607) equating to 5 km either side of the development area. The survey design was based on a stratified random approach with sampling stations targeted within each of the three previously defined biotope types in the vicinity of the development area and export cable route, with a preference towards those sites sampled for benthic faunal analysis in previous surveys (IECS, 2011) (Figure 2). As specified in the Scope of Works, benthic grabbing included a mix of single and triplicate sampling at a total of 53 stations located across the KFE development area, export cable route, areas of secondary and tertiary impact (areas within the tidal excursion) and reference areas. Of the 53 stations, 13 represented stations sampled during the characterisation survey (IECS, 2011) to allow for comparison. Single samples were taken at 20 stations whilst triplicate sampling was undertaken at 33 stations. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Dissolved organic carbon concentrations in sediment pore waters |
| 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 | Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed | |
| 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 | Pre-Construction monitoring | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Renewable Energy Lease area | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Soil | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Elevation | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.473833 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.1424 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.373278 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.0327 |
| 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 | Vattenfall | |
| MDE@vattenfall.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 | 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 | OceanEcology Limited | |
| info@ocean-ecology.com | ||
| 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 | Vattenfall Wind Power Ltd | |
| hello@heat-customers.vattenfall.co.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-838/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. | 2025-05-15 |
| 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. | 2026-03-20 |
| 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 |