<?xml version="1.0"?>
<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">A comparison of benthic biodiversity in the North Sea, English Channel and Celtic Seas. Infauna grab sampling 1992-1994</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=009_CEFAS81115dc9-b8e2-43ff-a7a0-e591a0a05ee1</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Samples of the benthic macrofauna were collected from MAFF research vessels at 
each of 25 intermediate and offshore stations around the English and Welsh 
coastlines between 1992 and 1994. This dataset details the infauna present at 
each sampling station.

At each location, five sediment samples for macrofaunal analysis were 
collected using a 0.1m2 Day grab from the central point of a 500 m grid of 
9 stations, the latter being sampled for contaminant analyses only. The five 
replicates were collected from within a 100 m range ring, using SEXTANT 
software and DGPS position-fixing.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20200626 20200604</dc:date>
</oai_dc:dc>