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In 2015 Skomer Marine Nature Reserve changed designation to Skomer Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ). Skomer Marine Nature Reserve (MNR) was designated in 1990. The aim of this data capture was to describe and monitor the sediment surface community within the Skomer Marine Reserve. The project was an investigation into the sediment surface communities from two sites at Skomer MNR.
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Part of this dataset is sensitive and restricted. The sensitive data is as follows; Pecten maximus and Aequipecten opercularis. Sensitive data must be kept confidential; general release is not permitted due to risk of harm to the environment or third parties. Sensitive data may only be released under an appropriate NRW Licence. Requests should be referred to NRW's Access to Information Officer. Data may be released freely if the sensitive records are removed in advance, or shown only at a coarser scale.
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 1692 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | Skomer Marine Conservation Zone ( MCZ ) - Sediment Surface Epifauna Community Surveys |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Arfilod arwyneb y gwaddodion - GNF Ynys Sgomer, Monitoring of sediment surface and burrowing fauna, Sediment surface and burrowing Macro and Mega fauna in Skomer MNR, 2001 CCW Skomer Marine Nature Reserve Sediment surface epifauna community survey MRCCW16800000009, 2004 CCW Skomer Marine Nature Reserve sediment surface and burrowing macro and mega-fauna Survey MRCCW30900000004, Skomer Marine Conservation Zone ( MCZ ) formally a Marine Nature Reserve ( MNR ) - Sediment surface epifauna community surveys |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313031383632 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 101862 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1994-01-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2004-09-30 |
| Vertical extent (min) | A positive or negative decimal number, for example, the shallowest depth recorded if subtidal, or, if intertidal, the lowest point recorded. | 20 |
| Vertical extent (max) | A positive or negative decimal number, for example, the deepest depth recorded if subtidal, or, if intertidal, the highest point recorded. | 10 |
| Vertical extent reference | This descibes the vertical coordinate reference system as referred to in the EPSG register of geodetic parameters. (epsg-registry.org) | urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:: |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | 50 |
| Spatial resolution unit | This describes the unit of spatial resolution which for distance must be metres. | http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/ISO_19139_Schemas/resources/uom/gmxUom.xml#m |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | In 2015 Skomer Marine Nature Reserve changed designation to Skomer Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ). Skomer Marine Nature Reserve (MNR) was designated in 1990. The aim of this data capture was to describe and monitor the sediment surface community within the Skomer Marine Reserve. The project was an investigation into the sediment surface communities from two sites at Skomer MNR. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Surveys were undertaken during 1994, 2001 and 2004. Survey methodology used diver swum video transects utilising 0.25m2 quadrats. At each site samples were collected from in-situ quadrats and from 0.1m2 suction samples of the top 10 cm of sediment. All species present were recorded and counted. In 2004 CCW re-laid the transects at the two sites and contracted Coastal Assessment, Liaison and Monitoring to re-survey the infauna and epifauna using the same in-situ quadrat and suction sampling methodologies as the 2001 survey. Each site consists of a triangular arrangement of leaded ground lines anchored at each corner by various heavy objects. North of the Neck the legs of the triangle are approximately 25m long and at the Low Point site they are approximately 30m long. Quadrat surveys were carried out with the aim of recording and quantifying the numbers of all conspicuous species of surface fauna and flora. Recording was carried out in 0.5m x 0.5m (0.25m2) wire quadrats; each quadrat subdivided with strings at 10cm intervals to give 25 x 0.01m2 squares and the quadrats were placed at random positions along the transects. The divers then recorded the abundance (counts of mobile and solitary species, counts of stones colonised by colonial species, percentage cover of foliose algae) of all species seen.Samples of sediment were taken by diver operated suction sampler (c.f. Rostron, 2001) at 5 random locations along the inside of each transect lines. Random positions were determined in advance using a random number generator to give a distance (in m etres) along the transect line. The samples were taken from within a 0.1m2 stainless steel box corer that was pushed down into the sediment. Samples were taken to a depth of 20cm below the sediment surface. A sample of the sediment was collected in a plastic pot for granulometric analysis at a random position close to one of the suction samples on each transect. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Species distribution |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment grain size parameters | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Zoobenthos generic abundance | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.79602 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -5.163658 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.668301 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -5.369876 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) | |
| Phone | 0300 065 3000 | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon | |
| Postal code | LL57 2DW | |
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) | |
| Phone | 0300 065 3000 | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon | |
| Postal code | LL57 2DW | |
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) | |
| Phone | 0300 065 3000 | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon | |
| Postal code | LL57 2DW | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Moore | |
| Phone | 01646 687946 | |
| Delivery point | Environmental Consultant, Coastal Assessment, Liason and Monitoring | |
| Postal code | SA72 4UN | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Rostron | |
| Phone | unknown | |
| Delivery point | Sub-Sea Survey | |
| Postal code | SA71 4AG | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| Limitations on public access | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | © CNC/NRW Recipients may only re-use sensitive data in strict confidence under the terms of an appropriate NRW Licence. No publication or dissemination is permitted, except if sensitive records are removed in advance, or shown only at a coarser scale. |
| Access constraints (code) | ISO restriction code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | otherRestrictions |
| Use constraints (code) | ISO restriction name chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | otherRestrictions |
| Use constraints | Any restriction on the use of the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | Part of this dataset is sensitive and restricted. The sensitive data is as follows; Pecten maximus and Aequipecten opercularis. Sensitive data must be kept confidential; general release is not permitted due to risk of harm to the environment or third parties. Sensitive data may only be released under an appropriate NRW Licence. Requests should be referred to NRW's Access to Information Officer. Data may be released freely if the sensitive records are removed in advance, or shown only at a coarser scale. |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Documents |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2004-10-01 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2004-09-30 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2021-09-23 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | Version 2.3.8 |
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