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The Habitats Directive establishes that the management of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) should aim to achieve the favourable conservation status of habitat and species features listed within its Annex I and Annex II. For SACs in Wales, the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) is therefore required to report on a regular basis on whether features are in favourable conservation status. Honeycomb reef worm Sabellaria alveolata is a sedentary, tube-dwelling polychaete most commonly found on rocky substrata in the lower shore and shallow subtidal zones of marine and estuarine areas. The honeycomb reef worm is a UK BAP Priority Habitat (BAP habitats are now Habitats of Principal Importance/Priority Habitats). Cardigan SAC is designated for a number of features, including Bottlenosed dolphins, Sandbanks, Reefs and Sea Caves, and some intertidal features including areas of bedrock and boulder/cobble habitats and many areas are characterised by biogenic reef formed by the honeycomb reef worm Sabellaria alveolata. This dataset includes the results of a survey of the biogenic reef formed by the honeycomb reef worm Sabellaria alveolata at two sites within Cardigan Bay SAC. The purpose of this data capture was to establish sites for long term monitoring and collect baseline/reference data using appropriate methods. This is a high quality survey carried out by an experienced team of marine biologists.
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 1960 |
| 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. | Intertidal Monitoring of Sabellaria Reef in Cardigan Bay Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) 2007 |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | 2007 CCW/ASML Cardigan Bay SAC Sabellaria reef monitoring MRCCW16300000002, Gwaith monitro rhynglanwol ar riff Sabellaria yn ACA Bae Ceredigion yn 2007 |
| 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. | 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313131313738 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 111178 |
| 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 | 2007-05-14 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2007-05-18 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| 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. | The Habitats Directive establishes that the management of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) should aim to achieve the favourable conservation status of habitat and species features listed within its Annex I and Annex II. For SACs in Wales, the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) is therefore required to report on a regular basis on whether features are in favourable conservation status. Honeycomb reef worm Sabellaria alveolata is a sedentary, tube-dwelling polychaete most commonly found on rocky substrata in the lower shore and shallow subtidal zones of marine and estuarine areas. The honeycomb reef worm is a UK BAP Priority Habitat (BAP habitats are now Habitats of Principal Importance/Priority Habitats). Cardigan SAC is designated for a number of features, including Bottlenosed dolphins, Sandbanks, Reefs and Sea Caves, and some intertidal features including areas of bedrock and boulder/cobble habitats and many areas are characterised by biogenic reef formed by the honeycomb reef worm Sabellaria alveolata. This dataset includes the results of a survey of the biogenic reef formed by the honeycomb reef worm Sabellaria alveolata at two sites within Cardigan Bay SAC. The purpose of this data capture was to establish sites for long term monitoring and collect baseline/reference data using appropriate methods. This is a high quality survey carried out by an experienced team of marine biologists. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Methodology used was a modified version of the transect survey methodology developed for Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau SAC (2008). Existing maps of Sabellaria extent were used to define the survey area within which a series of 11 transects were drawn at 50 m intervals approximately perpendicular to the coastline. Along each transect notes were made on habitat, community and condition/age of Sabellaria reef. Photographs were also taken to illustrate habitat and condition of the reef. 1 or 2 stations were used per transect for quadrat surveys. At each survey station a gridded 0.25m2 quadrat was placed randomly 15 times within a radius of 10m. Digital photographs were taken of each quadrat and a full survey was carried out on the first 5 quadrats to record % cover of s tanding water, total Sabellaria and live Sabellaria, key species/taxa, other typical fauna and flora. The other 10 quadrats were used to carry out additional recording of Sabellaria cover. The extent of the reef was mapped using the track function of handheld GPS units. Phase 1 surveys of intertidal habitats in the SAC were carried out in the SAC in 1996 and 2003 (Brazier et al. 2007), providing detailed mapping of the intertidal biotopes with some information on characterizing species. Surveys of Sabellaria reefs in the SAC were carried out for CCW in 2004 (Boyes et al. 2008). Additional mapping of Sabellaria reef extent at Aberaeron was carried out by CMACS Ltd. (sub-contracted by Atkins Ltd.) in August 2006 as part of an Environmental Assessment for proposed Aberaeron North Beach Coasta l Defence Work (unpublished data provided by Atkins Ltd.). |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitats and biotopes |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitat characterisation | |
| 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 | 52.25591 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4.23902 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 52.20115 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4.38242 |
| 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 | Aquatic Survey and Monitoring Ltd (ASML) | |
| Phone | 01388 528 015 | |
| Delivery point | Whitfield Brow | |
| Postal code | DL13 2SZ | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | ISO restriction code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | otherRestrictions |
| 20 Limitations on Public Access – Other constraints | Any restriction on the use of the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | There are no access restrictions to this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely. |
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | © CNC/NRW 2009 There are no use restrictions on this data. Recipients may re-use, reproduce, disseminate this data free of charge in any format or medium, provided they do so accurately, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright, and do not use it in a misleading context. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose, that dissemination or publishing does not result in duplication, and that it is fairly interpreted. Advice on interpretation should be sought where required. To avoid re-using old data, users should periodically obtain the latest version from the original source. |
| 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. | 2009-03-31 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2009-03-31 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2018-07-03 |
| 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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