CEFAS71678210-f37a-4599-be59-f9b1479540a1 English dataset Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk pointOfContact 2022-11-24T02:50:57 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 Benthic faunal biomass with environmental data, Celtic Seas 2011-12-20 publication 2022-11-24 revision 2011-10-07 creation CEFAS268 https://data.cefas.co.uk Abundance and biomass of each log2 weight class for each species in each sample, standardised to area of seabed sampled. Includes sample locations, sampling gear used, biological and behavioural trait information for each taxon, measured environmental variables for water column and sediment, remote sensed chlorophyll and fishing effort data (Vessel Monitoring Systems, VMS) for each location. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk originator Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk custodian Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk distributor Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) defra.helpline@defra.gov.uk owner notPlanned Benthos Invertebrate Ecosystem Sediment GEMET, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Biota abundance, biomass and diversity Fish Fisheries SeaDataNet P03 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Bathymetry and Elevation Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column SeaDataNet P02 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Benthic boundary SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2010-05-18 revision Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication data.gov.uk MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication otherRestrictions noLimitations otherRestrictions Public data - no limitations to reuse English biota -9.00 -2.00 48.50 52.50 2007-04-01 2011-05-01 Delimited Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/268 Cefas Data Portal download The Cefas Data Portal contains metadata records and data sets available to download and connect to in support of our commitment to open science. Data is available in the following formats: CSV. dataset INSPIRE Data Specification on Species Distribution – Technical Guidelines 2013-12-10 publication false See the referenced specification Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication true See the referenced specification Compiled data from a five year programme assessing the status of the benthic environment in relation to fishing pressures and other environmental variables. Two cruises in 2007, one each in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. Gears used were beam trawls (4m & 2m), large and mini Hamon Grab (LHG, MHG), Nioz corer and water column profiler (CTD). MEDIN 3.1.1