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Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) are strictly protected sites designated under the EC Habitats Directive. Reporting on the condition of the intertidal features of the Menai Strait and Conwy Bay Special Area of Conservation (SAC) depends upon an understanding of the features and the threats of damage by regulated and unregulated activities.The former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW), now part of Natural Resources Wales (NRW), run an intertidal SAC monitoring program, which is undertaken to evaluate the quality of the biological communities associated with under-boulder and muddy gravel habitats. The biological data must be placed in context with the levels of collecting activity on the shore, specifically bait and winkle collecting. CCW contracted Marine EcoSol to better assess the intensity of collecting activity in the Menai Strait and Conwy Bay SAC, in order to establish the levels that might be considered acceptable, in terms of their impact on the intertidal (Reef) features. Both muddy gravel and underboulder communities are Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) habitats, and the 2011 field surveys are within or adjacent to intertidal Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and marine SAC. The project was to investigate the feasibility of developing rapid visual assessment methods for use by non-specialists and to provide contextual information for status reporting of reef features within the Menai Strait and Colwyn Bay SAC.
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 2055 |
| 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. | Collection Activity in the Menai Strait and Pilot Methods to Assess Frequency of Boulder Turning Activity (2011) |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Gweithgareddau casglu yn Y Fenai a dulliau peilot o asesu amlder gweithgareddau troi clogfeini 2011. |
| 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. | 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313134383336 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 114836 |
| 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 | 2011-04-15 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2011-10-03 |
| 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. | Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) are strictly protected sites designated under the EC Habitats Directive. Reporting on the condition of the intertidal features of the Menai Strait and Conwy Bay Special Area of Conservation (SAC) depends upon an understanding of the features and the threats of damage by regulated and unregulated activities.The former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW), now part of Natural Resources Wales (NRW), run an intertidal SAC monitoring program, which is undertaken to evaluate the quality of the biological communities associated with under-boulder and muddy gravel habitats. The biological data must be placed in context with the levels of collecting activity on the shore, specifically bait and winkle collecting. CCW contracted Marine EcoSol to better assess the intensity of collecting activity in the Menai Strait and Conwy Bay SAC, in order to establish the levels that might be considered acceptable, in terms of their impact on the intertidal (Reef) features. Both muddy gravel and underboulder communities are Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) habitats, and the 2011 field surveys are within or adjacent to intertidal Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and marine SAC. The project was to investigate the feasibility of developing rapid visual assessment methods for use by non-specialists and to provide contextual information for status reporting of reef features within the Menai Strait and Colwyn Bay SAC. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This builds on work undertaken in 2009 to develop a trial method for the evaluation of levels of unregulated activity of collecting peeler crabs and winkles. Collection effort was rapidly assessed by driving along the length of the Menai Strait from west to east over approximately 3 hours, stopping at 17 sites to record the number of collectors at each site on the same tide. This survey was repeated 6 times between April and September. Methods to assess the impact of any boulder turning were also trialled. Surveyors assigned 'turning categories' to each boulder within 1 m either side of three 20 m transect lines at Y Foryd (a high impacted site) and Y Felinheli (a site of low collector impact). |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | A number of improvements to the methodology are suggested in the associated report (CCW Marine Monitoring Report 94). |
| 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 | Habitat extent | |
| 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 | 53.32378153 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.95995195 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.08718 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4.37680154 |
| 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 | Marine Ecological Solutions Ltd | |
| Phone | 01248 712277 | |
| Delivery point | Marine Ecological Solutions Ltd | |
| Postal code | LL59 5EF | |
| 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 2012. 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. | 2012-03-31 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2012-04-04 |
| 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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