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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Assessment of the Impact of Hydraulic Cockle Dredging on the Macroinvertebrate Faunas of Traeth Lafan (1993-1994)</dc:title>
  <dc:type xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">dataset</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=007_NRW_DS110069</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">This dataset contains the results of a macroinvertebrate and sediment survey conducted post hydraulic cockle dredging around Traeth Lafan, North Wales. The purpose of this data collection was to study the effects of hydraulic suction dredging on benthic invertebrate macrofaunas, substrate conformation and sediment composition on Traeth Lafan. The survey was located at Traeth Lafan, the northern entrance to the Menai Strait (Menai Strait and Colwyn Bay Special Area of Conservation (SAC)). A survey of the macroinvertebrates and sediments of Traeth Lafan, North Wales, was undertaken following extensive hydraulic cockle dredging in autumn 1993. The survey covered the site allocated for dredging and part of the hand gathering area, which was used as 'control', against which changes on the dredged ground could be compared. A follow up survey, using the same sampling grid and rationale, was carried out twelve months later, in November 1994, to ascertain the recovery state of the area after a full season's recruitment.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">19950331</dc:date>
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