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The Zostera beds in the South Walney Channel and adjacent area are the only seagrass beds in Northwestern England. The present survey showed Zostera to occur widely between the north (Barrow) side of Roosecote Bay and Foulney Island, sporadically on Rampside Sands and on Walney Island at Wylock Marsh. Two species of Zostera were recorded in the present survey (Z. angustifolia, Z. noltii). Current mapped distribution of Zostera is compared with CASI images showing occurrence of vegetation over intertidal areas. The possible effects of changes in coastal configuration and incursion of Spartina anglica on Zostera in the South Walney Channel area are discussed. Suggestions are made for further surveillance and other studies.
Natural England
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 2230 |
| 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 England (NE) Mapping, Monitoring and Management of Eelgrass (Zostera) Beds in the South Walney Channel |
| 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. | 0e36b8349bd6e6508e0dcda98bbfe3d2 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | NATENG000069 |
| 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 | 1998-12-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2022-03-14 |
| 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 Zostera beds in the South Walney Channel and adjacent area are the only seagrass beds in Northwestern England. The present survey showed Zostera to occur widely between the north (Barrow) side of Roosecote Bay and Foulney Island, sporadically on Rampside Sands and on Walney Island at Wylock Marsh. Two species of Zostera were recorded in the present survey (Z. angustifolia, Z. noltii). Current mapped distribution of Zostera is compared with CASI images showing occurrence of vegetation over intertidal areas. The possible effects of changes in coastal configuration and incursion of Spartina anglica on Zostera in the South Walney Channel area are discussed. Suggestions are made for further surveillance and other studies. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | N/A |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| 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 | Species distribution | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine | |
| 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 | Habitat characterisation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Macroalgae and seagrass taxonomy-related counts | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 54.2101 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.0527 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 54.0105 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.4661 |
| Regional sea | Irish Sea | |
| infralittoral | ||
| 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 England | |
| Individual name | Marine GI Data Natural England | |
| Phone | +44 (0)300 060 3900 | |
| Fax | +44 (0)300 060 2356 | |
| Delivery point | Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green | |
| Postal code | YO1 7PX | |
| City | York | |
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Natural England | |
| Individual name | Marine GI Data Natural England | |
| Phone | +44 (0)300 060 3900 | |
| Fax | +44 (0)300 060 2356 | |
| Delivery point | Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green | |
| Postal code | YO1 7PX | |
| City | York | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Natural History Museum, London (NHM) | |
| Individual name | I. Tittley | |
| Delivery point | Department of Zoology Cromwell Road | |
| Postal code | SW7 5BD | |
| City | London | |
| 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 England | |
| Individual name | Marine GI Data Natural England | |
| Phone | +44 (0)300 060 3900 | |
| Fax | +44 (0)300 060 2356 | |
| Delivery point | Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green | |
| Postal code | YO1 7PX | |
| City | York | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| Limitations on public access | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | OGL |
| 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. | OGL |
| 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. | 1998-12-31 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2022-03-14 |
| 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 | 2.3.8 |
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