1996-1999 EC Study Contract Clyde Sea BIOMAERL dataset https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=010_9961b55bf9b7fcb2f63791bf8d2d18e4 A project investigating biomaerl biodiversity, functional structure and related anthropogenic impacts was funded by the European Commission under MASTS-3. The three year project involved collaboration between five laboratories from the UK, France, Spain and Malta. The project aimed to examine western European maerl-bed biodiversity and to establish the functional roles performed by key elements of the biota. The impacts of a variety on anthropogenic disturbances was investigated. The project set out to compile an inventory of NE Atlantic and Mediterranean maerl-bed biota and to develop management guidelines and conservation strategies for European maerl beds. Several publications have resulted from BIOMAERL. 19990101