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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">1997-2001 English Nature (EN) Lundy. Report of the Marine Conservation Society working parties</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_6e88f54c53f75c22f2501114e025e935</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">A total of 50 individual volunteer divers, all members of the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), took part in 5-day long conservation working parties within the Lundy Marine Nature Reserve annually between 1995 and 2001. Over this period of time, a total of 24 projects were undertaken, some being one-off tasks whilst others continued on a year-on-year basis. Eighteen of these projects, undertaken between 1997 and 2001, are described in this report. The projects undertaken by the groups included:
 - Assessing the size structure of sea fans Eunicella verrucosa
 - Assessing the overal condition of sea fans Eunicella verrucosa
 - Checking for the presence of Tritonia nilsodhneri and Amphianthus dohrnii on sea fans
 - Assessing the distribution of populations of the sunset cup coral Leptopsammia pruvoti off the island's east coast.
 - Searching for Leptopsammia pruvoti populations off the island's west coast.
 - Assessing the colonisation of Caryophyllia and Leptopsammia cup corals by barnacles and phoronid worms.
 - Re-photographing circalittoral communities at the Knoll Pins cave.
 - Assessing the density of delicate species in near-shore areas off the east coast.
 - Annual deployment and recovery of automatic data loggers on the wreck of the MV Robert.
 - Checking the density of scallops on muddy gravel off the east coast.
 - Noting the maximum depth of kelp and red algae at various sites.
 - Describing the seabed topography and communities to the north of Gannets' Rock.
 - Searches for the red band fish Cepola rubescens and the mantis shrimp Rissoides desmaresti.
 - Undertaking Seasearch recording of seabed habitats from various sites.
 - Assessing the density of daisy anemones Cereus pedunculatus off Brazen Ward
 - Searching for various rare warm water species (including seahorses).
 - Assessing the colonisation of the new jetty piles.
 - Assessing the extent of spread of Sargassum muticum in the vicinity of the Landing Bay.
 Summary reports of the work undertaken each summer at Lundy have been published in the Annual Reports of the Lundy Field Society.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20040701 20010803</dc:date>
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