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Report following the survey of seagrass, Zostera spp., within the Cowes harbour entrance. The surveys purpose was to quantify the spatial extent and distribution of both the subtidal and intertidal seagrass beds. The seagrass condition was also observed to establish a baseline for future impact assessment. In addition, associated species are listed. This information is needed to make informed decisions on how best to mitigate seagrass loss as a result of dredging the harbour entrance (which is proposes).
Natural England
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Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 2561 |
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. | 2008 Cowes Harbour Commissioners and ABPmer, Cowes, seagrass 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. | 1dbb10e379cae517d3d64a75aa8621f7 |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | NATENG000322 |
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 | 2008-08-01 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2008-09-30 |
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. | Report following the survey of seagrass, Zostera spp., within the Cowes harbour entrance. The surveys purpose was to quantify the spatial extent and distribution of both the subtidal and intertidal seagrass beds. The seagrass condition was also observed to establish a baseline for future impact assessment. In addition, associated species are listed. This information is needed to make informed decisions on how best to mitigate seagrass loss as a result of dredging the harbour entrance (which is proposes). |
Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Report following the survey of seagrass, Zostera spp., within the Cowes harbour entrance. The surveys purpose was to quantify the spatial extent and distribution of both the subtidal and intertidal seagrass beds as well as information on the seagrass' condition and associated species. This information is needed to make informed decisions on how best to mitigate seagrass loss as a result of dredging the harbour entrance (which is proposes). A video camera, mounted on a sledge, was towed along a series of tracks. The sledge is also equiped to determine depth using GPS and echo-sounder information. The video allowed for the coverage of seagrass to be determined and described using a semi-quantitative scale. In addition, dive surveys were conducted at some sites. The dive surveys used quadrats to make measurements of shoot density and maximum length. Further, samples were collected to determine species present, epiphytes and condition (i.e. signs of disease). The data was used to draw a map showing the distribution of seagrass and one comparing the current data was that from a previous (2004) survey. The results from the seagrass condition and associated species work is also presented. Finally, two possible ways to mitigate seagrass bed loss (from the propsed dredging) are discussed - do nothing and transplanting. |
Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Collins, Ken (2008) Cowes Harbour entrance seagrass surveys August to September 08 Final report to Cowes Harbour Commissioners & ABPmer. School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton |
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 | Species distribution | |
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 | 50.7716 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.2682 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.7499 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.3163 |
Regional sea | Eastern Channel | |
30E8 | ||
English Channel | ||
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 | |
Position name | Marine Data Manager | |
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 | |
Position name | Marine Data Manager | |
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 | National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton | |
Individual name | Dr. Ken Collins | |
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 | |
Position name | Marine Data Manager | |
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 | ||
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. | Accessible under NE and DASSH terms and conditions |
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. | Accessible under NE and DASSH terms and conditions |
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. | 2008-11-08 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2016-09-19 |
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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