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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2022 Natural England (NE) Yarmouth to Cowes MCZ Phase I and II Baseline Survey of Intertidal Rock, Underboulder Communities and Peat and Clay Exposures</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=010_4945cf20c014b1941ee939fd88478cfc</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Yarmouth to Cowes Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) is an inshore site along the northwest coast of the Isle of Wight, from Yarmouth Pier in the west to the village of Gurnard in the east. The site was designated in May 2019, however as of summer 2022 no survey of the intertidal features of the site had yet been conducted. In order to inform a Conservation Advice Package for the site, Natural England commissioned Seastar Survey Ltd. (&#xE2;??Seastar&#xE2;??) to undertake a Phase I and Phase II baseline survey of three of the features of the MCZ: intertidal rock habitats; intertidal underboulder communities; and peat and clay exposures.
 The objectives for the survey were:
 &#xE2;?&#xA2;	To map the extent and distribution of the three features of interest (i.e. intertidal rock, intertidal underboulder communities and peat and clay exposures) and their associated communities within the Yarmouth to Cowes MCZ;
 &#xE2;?&#xA2;	To identify and map the extent and distribution of biotopes and biotope complexes associated with the three features of interest;
 &#xE2;?&#xA2;	To characterise the habitats observed by providing semi-quantitative data on species composition of representative and notable biotopes;
 &#xE2;?&#xA2;	To provide semi-quantitative data on the physical structure of the intertidal rocky substrate, including surface and structural complexity and stability; 
 &#xE2;?&#xA2;	To record the presence and abundance of any non-indigenous species (NIS);
 &#xE2;?&#xA2;	To acquire high-quality biological data of suitable resolution to enable key attributes of condition for each of the three intertidal features of interest to be assessed according to Common Standards Monitoring (CSM) guidance;
 &#xE2;?&#xA2;	To identify anthropogenic influences impacting on the ability of the features of interest to achieve favourable condition;
 &#xE2;?&#xA2;	Ensure that the collected data are suitable for future use as baseline data to allow assessments of the direction of potential ecological change.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20230329 20230329</dc:date>
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