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Metadata: Across Wales Intertidal Monitoring Survey
Abstract:
This dataset comprises of results from intertidal monitoring of Special Area of Conservations (SACs) that contain Wales is undertaken. Work is undertaken to enable reporting on a range of external obligations under Habitats Directive, Water Framework Directive and the inter-agency agreement on Common Standards Monitoring; to harmonise with WFD monitoring in coastal and transitional waters. The work will also be used to inform management decisions on individual sites. Each sample station will be monitored for one of the following SAC sub-features; 1) Under-boulders 2) Sabellaria reef (created by the honeycomb worm) 3) Rockpools 4) Characterizing rock or sediment habitat 5) Zostera beds (seagrass meadows) 6) Nationally rare or scarce species. Work has been carried out from 05/07/2004 and is on-going. The majority of sample stations are visited every 6 years, although some sites where there are particular pressures are visited annually, for example reef features in Pembrokeshire Marine SAC and Zostera beds at Traeth Lafan in the Menai Strait and Conwy Bay SAC. Confidence in certain methods and their data is high, whilst the objectives of some surveys are to develop confidence in the method and data.
Data holder:
Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 8614 |
| 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. | Across Wales Intertidal Monitoring Survey |
| 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. | NRW_DS109834 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313039383334 |
| 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 | 2004-07-05 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2009-12-31 |
| 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'. | irregular |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | This dataset comprises of results from intertidal monitoring of Special Area of Conservations (SACs) that contain Wales is undertaken. Work is undertaken to enable reporting on a range of external obligations under Habitats Directive, Water Framework Directive and the inter-agency agreement on Common Standards Monitoring; to harmonise with WFD monitoring in coastal and transitional waters. The work will also be used to inform management decisions on individual sites. Each sample station will be monitored for one of the following SAC sub-features; 1) Under-boulders 2) Sabellaria reef (created by the honeycomb worm) 3) Rockpools 4) Characterizing rock or sediment habitat 5) Zostera beds (seagrass meadows) 6) Nationally rare or scarce species. Work has been carried out from 05/07/2004 and is on-going. The majority of sample stations are visited every 6 years, although some sites where there are particular pressures are visited annually, for example reef features in Pembrokeshire Marine SAC and Zostera beds at Traeth Lafan in the Menai Strait and Conwy Bay SAC. Confidence in certain methods and their data is high, whilst the objectives of some surveys are to develop confidence in the method and data. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Repeat monitoring sample locations were identified from baseline information provided by the Phase 1 Intertidal Mapping Survey. All stations are visited by foot.These sampling stations are available through UKDMOS. All survey work was undertaken by IECS between 2004 and 2005 and reported by feature. Surveys carried out in 2007 were undertaken by ASML and reported by SAC. Monitoring methodologies for each of the sub-features are described in individual reports, available as part of the CCW Marine Monitoring Report series. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Information available at: http://www.ukdmos.org/vukdmosedios/search.asp |
| 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 | Habitats and biotopes | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | marine habitat | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | scarce species | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | underboulder | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | rocky shore | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Special Area of Conservation Monitoring | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | marine surveys (intertidal & subtidal surveys) (littoral survey) (sublittoral surveys) (bathymetric survey) (see also marine monitoring and MNCR) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | polychaete worms | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | rare species | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | sabellaria alveolata | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | zostera | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | seagrasses (see also potamogetonaceae and hydrocharitaceae) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | sediment flats | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | rockpools | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | biogenic reef | |
| 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 | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.513067 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.608865 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.240829 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -5.777741 |
| Regional sea | benthic boundary layer | |
| Wales (WLS) | ||
| 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) | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales | |
| enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk | ||
| URL | http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en | |
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales | |
| enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk | ||
| URL | http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en | |
| 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) | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales | |
| enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk | ||
| URL | http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Various contractors | |
| Delivery point | See Natural Resources Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales | |
| enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk | ||
| URL | http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/ | |
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales | |
| enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk | ||
| URL | http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data. Multiple occurences are allowed here. One entry shall be from the INSPIRE Metadata registry and the other free text should be part of the resource `Have specific limitations`. | There are no access restrictions to this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely. |
| no limitations | ||
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | © 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 | Database |
| 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. | 2009-12-31 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-03-03 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.2 |