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Metadata: 2011, RPS/Titan, Gunfleet Sands 3, Pre-Construction Sub-tidal Benthic Monitoring
Abstract:
RPS Planning and Development were commissioned by DONG Energy Power (UK) Ltd. to undertake an assessment of the subtidal benthic ecology in the vicinity of the proposed Gunfleet Sands 3 (GFS 3) export cable route. The assessment included geophysical and environmental sampling of the GFS 3 export cable route, as well as a comparison with historic data collected in the vicinity of the proposed development in order to characterise the benthic ecology of the cable route. The 2002 GFS 1 environmental survey, along with the 2007 GFS 2 pre-construction and 2010 GFS 2 post construction surveys of benthic communities, provided a characterisation of the seabed surface sediments present within the GFS 1 and 2 survey areas, which included the proposed GFS 3 export cable route. Titan Environmental Surveys Limited was commissioned by Gardline Geosurvey Ltd (hereafter referred to as Gardline) on behalf of Dong Energy to conduct a preliminary geophysical investigation of the GFS 3 export cable route. The survey was carried out onboard the MV Titan Endeavour between the 20th and 27th June 2011. A benthic survey in order to ground truth the geophysical data was carried out onboard the Arie Dirk between the 9th and 10th July 2011. Benthic subtidal sediments within the study area were characterised by three broad sediment types: sand and muddy sand sediments dominated the Gunfleet Sands sandbank, coarse sediments were noted on the northern flank of the sandbank and mixed sediments along the northern extent of the export cable route. All data and reports from the geophysical survey can be found in this separate series: "2011, Gardline, Gunfleet Sands 3, Export Cable Survey"
Data holder:
DONG Energy Power (UK) Ltd
Use constraints:
No limitations on public access.
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 5654 |
| 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. | 2011, RPS/Titan, Gunfleet Sands 3, Pre-Construction Sub-tidal Benthic Monitoring |
| 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. | f4cbf45b67c22c715f732ba516e0b659 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | GFS3-78848819 |
| 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 | 2011-06-20 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2011-07-10 |
| 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. | RPS Planning and Development were commissioned by DONG Energy Power (UK) Ltd. to undertake an assessment of the subtidal benthic ecology in the vicinity of the proposed Gunfleet Sands 3 (GFS 3) export cable route. The assessment included geophysical and environmental sampling of the GFS 3 export cable route, as well as a comparison with historic data collected in the vicinity of the proposed development in order to characterise the benthic ecology of the cable route. The 2002 GFS 1 environmental survey, along with the 2007 GFS 2 pre-construction and 2010 GFS 2 post construction surveys of benthic communities, provided a characterisation of the seabed surface sediments present within the GFS 1 and 2 survey areas, which included the proposed GFS 3 export cable route. Titan Environmental Surveys Limited was commissioned by Gardline Geosurvey Ltd (hereafter referred to as Gardline) on behalf of Dong Energy to conduct a preliminary geophysical investigation of the GFS 3 export cable route. The survey was carried out onboard the MV Titan Endeavour between the 20th and 27th June 2011. A benthic survey in order to ground truth the geophysical data was carried out onboard the Arie Dirk between the 9th and 10th July 2011. Benthic subtidal sediments within the study area were characterised by three broad sediment types: sand and muddy sand sediments dominated the Gunfleet Sands sandbank, coarse sediments were noted on the northern flank of the sandbank and mixed sediments along the northern extent of the export cable route. All data and reports from the geophysical survey can be found in this separate series: "2011, Gardline, Gunfleet Sands 3, Export Cable Survey" |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This report represents a technical report on benthic ecology of the GFS 3 export cable and is structured as follows. - Introduction and a brief summary of the project (Section 1). - An overview of nature conservation sites, habitats and species, as well as existing environmental data from previous surveys carried out within the vicinity of the GFS 3 export cable route (Section 2). - A summary of the methodology employed for the GFS 3 export cable environmental route survey (Section 3). - A review of the results from the GFS 3 export cable route environmental survey (Section 4). - Discussion of the benthic subtidal ecology of the GFS 3 export cable route (Section 5). |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geology | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitats and biotopes | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Oceanographic geographical features | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geology | |
| 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 | Geotechnics | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Turbulence in the water column | |
| 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 | Habitat characterisation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Depositional environment | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | UK project | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | environment | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Offshore Cable Corridor | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Consenting | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | benthic boundary layer | |
| 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 | Magnetics | |
| 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 | echo sounder | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | particle sizers | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Contaminants | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.8841 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.6989 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.4411 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 0.9051 |
| Regional sea | benthic boundary layer | |
| Southern North Sea | ||
| North Sea | ||
| bathybenthic | ||
| soil and sediment | ||
| 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 | DONG Energy Power (UK) Ltd | |
| Position name | Data Manager | |
| receplon@dongenergy.co.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | DONG Energy Power (UK) Ltd | |
| Position name | Data Manager | |
| receplon@dongenergy.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 | DONG Energy Power (UK) Ltd | |
| Position name | Data Manager | |
| receplon@dongenergy.co.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/561/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | otherRestrictions | |
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data and uses free text. | No limitations on public access. |
| 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. | Available for use providing the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced. |
| 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. | 2011-11-08 |
| 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. | 2014-02-12 |
| 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 | 2.3.7 |