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Metadata: Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Marine Benthic Species and Habitat Collation Held in Marine Recorder
Abstract:
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) currently holds and collates current and former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) marine benthic species, biotope, habitat, and particle size analyses data in Marine Recorder. A snapshot of the data may be made available through the use of the Marine Wizard and is also available on the NBN Gateway. NRW data are merged with snapshots of datasets from across Wales supplied from other data providers (e.g. JNCC, NE, DASSH and Seasearch) using the suite of tools provided with the program and made available for internal use. The purpose of marine data capture through the use of Marine Recorder is to provide access to all marine benthic species and habitats data at NRW through one program. From 2024, the data will be migrated to the new Marine Recorder Online tool. A subset of data that is suitable for public use is published through the NBN Atlas.
Data holder:
Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 8771 |
| 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. | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Marine Benthic Species and Habitat Collation Held in Marine Recorder |
| 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_DS114501 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313134353031 |
| 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 | 1899-05-05 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | 1 |
| Spatial resolution unit | This describes the unit of spatial resolution which for distance must be metres. | urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001 |
| 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'. | asNeeded |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) currently holds and collates current and former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) marine benthic species, biotope, habitat, and particle size analyses data in Marine Recorder. A snapshot of the data may be made available through the use of the Marine Wizard and is also available on the NBN Gateway. NRW data are merged with snapshots of datasets from across Wales supplied from other data providers (e.g. JNCC, NE, DASSH and Seasearch) using the suite of tools provided with the program and made available for internal use. The purpose of marine data capture through the use of Marine Recorder is to provide access to all marine benthic species and habitats data at NRW through one program. From 2024, the data will be migrated to the new Marine Recorder Online tool. A subset of data that is suitable for public use is published through the NBN Atlas. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | All data held in marine recorder forms part of other surveys and work commissioned at NRW. Data are provided through a variety of in-house and contracted surveys run by CCW. Methodologies for each survey are held within the description of the survey in Marine Recorder and each has its own metadata entry. Some additional data has been entered through data collation exercises and consists of mainly historical data and some third party data. All data is entered by either NRW staff members or NRW contractors. An additional tool, Marine Recorder Wizard, allows staff to interrogate datasets held within Marine Recorder. There is high confidence in these datasets. All NRW data is validated by NRW staff members and an indication of the quality of the survey is recorded within the dataset. The majority of surveys are carried out by experienced marine biologists. Volunteer surveys are checked by NRW staff. Historical data may have lower precision and accuracy and may not be verified. |
| 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 Recorder | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Snapshot | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | marine species | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | marine biodiversity | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Wizard | |
| 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 | Macroalgae and seagrass taxonomy-related counts | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitat extent | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.92908337 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.40482305 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.93473972 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -6.54950077 |
| 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 | |
| Delivery point | Enquiries Unit, Maes y Fynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW | |
| 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`. | This data is comprised of a mixture of third party owned records and NRW records. NRW policies permits access to and release of this data under the same terms as its own data. Part of this dataset is sensitive and restricted. The sensitive data is as follows Ostrea edulis, Palinurus elephas, Hippocampus guttulatus, Hippocampus hippocampus and the habitat IMX.Ost. 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. |
| 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 and various third party recorders 2011 NRW owns the copyright of the collation, but the ownership of the records themselves rests with the originator. 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 the copyright of NRW/third party recorders 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. 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. NB. NRW data are merged with snapshots of datasets from across Wales supplied from other data providers (e.g. JNCC, NE, DASSH and Seasearch) for access to these datasets use restrictions may differ and therefore dataset requestors are advised to contact the owner / originator of the specific dataset or data required. |
| 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. | Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Various third party recorders 2011. | |
| 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. | 2017-01-01 |
| 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 |