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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Intertidal Monitoring of Rockpools in Pembrokeshire Marine Special Area of Conservation (SAC) 2007</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_DS111177</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">The Habitats Directive establishes that the management of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) should aim to achieve the favourable conservation status of habitat and species features listed within its Annex I and Annex II. For SACs in Wales, the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) was therefore required to report on a regular basis on whether features are in favourable conservation status. 

Pembrokeshire Marine Special Area of Conservation (SAC) was selected for eight Habitats Directive Annex I habitat types and five Annex II species. The SAC is considered to be one of the best areas in the UK for marine reef habitats, a category within the Annex I list. High habitat and biological diversity is of great importance throughout the site, particularly the best documented reefs habitat in the Milford Haven ria-estuary. 

This dataset includes the results of a survey of intertidal rockpools at Pen-y-Holt on the Castlemartin peninsula.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20090201</dc:date>
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