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All these records relate to "Jensen, Mallinson, Ovenden, Sheader (1989) Poole Bay Grid Baseline Benthic Survey 1988" A copy of the report is held at English Nature (Dorset Team). In response to environmental concerns relating to drilling and possible future oil extraction activities in Poole Bay, a baseline survey of the benthic infauna and epifauna was undertaken during June and July 1988. A benthic survey grid of 35 stations was sampled in western Poole Bay. At each site eight 0.006m2 hand cores were collected, one for chemical and sediment analysis and seven replicates for biological analysis. In addition to infaunal studies, the seabed and its associated surface flora and fauna were surveyed to compile a species list for the entire survey area. The sediment analysis revealed that the area was essentially sedimentary with a few outcrops of hard substrate, both natural and anthropogenic. Bottom sediments varied from sand with cobbles to a sandy mud. The infauna was dominated by polychaetes. The dominant epifaunal component was Crepidula fornicata (slipper limpet) beds. A maerl bed was recorded around station G3. Each station was located with AP DYN IV DECCA equipment. A local correction factor was used to reduce the position error to a theoretical 25-50m. Photographs and specimens were taken. The original photographs are held by Department of Oceanography, Southampton University, with a set of copies available from Wytch Farm. In addition to the sediment coring, loose particulate material was tested to detect levels of heavy metals - NB sediment details are not held on this database. Of the 35 stations visited 7 had sediment too compact to allow a sufficient number of replicates for biological analysis. These stations were: B2, C2, D1, E1, E6, E7 and G3.
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Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 4122 |
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. | 1989 University of Southampton, Poole Bay, Benthic hand-core and dive 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. | 8a8ce6568e0c492b3179ba1fbc4b5196 |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | MRLRC00100000549 |
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 | 1988-06-01 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1988-07-31 |
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. | All these records relate to "Jensen, Mallinson, Ovenden, Sheader (1989) Poole Bay Grid Baseline Benthic Survey 1988" A copy of the report is held at English Nature (Dorset Team). In response to environmental concerns relating to drilling and possible future oil extraction activities in Poole Bay, a baseline survey of the benthic infauna and epifauna was undertaken during June and July 1988. A benthic survey grid of 35 stations was sampled in western Poole Bay. At each site eight 0.006m2 hand cores were collected, one for chemical and sediment analysis and seven replicates for biological analysis. In addition to infaunal studies, the seabed and its associated surface flora and fauna were surveyed to compile a species list for the entire survey area. The sediment analysis revealed that the area was essentially sedimentary with a few outcrops of hard substrate, both natural and anthropogenic. Bottom sediments varied from sand with cobbles to a sandy mud. The infauna was dominated by polychaetes. The dominant epifaunal component was Crepidula fornicata (slipper limpet) beds. A maerl bed was recorded around station G3. Each station was located with AP DYN IV DECCA equipment. A local correction factor was used to reduce the position error to a theoretical 25-50m. Photographs and specimens were taken. The original photographs are held by Department of Oceanography, Southampton University, with a set of copies available from Wytch Farm. In addition to the sediment coring, loose particulate material was tested to detect levels of heavy metals - NB sediment details are not held on this database. Of the 35 stations visited 7 had sediment too compact to allow a sufficient number of replicates for biological analysis. These stations were: B2, C2, D1, E1, E6, E7 and G3. |
Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | In response to environmental concerns relating to drilling and possible future oil extraction activities in Poole Bay, a baseline survey of the benthic infauna and epifauna was undertaken during June and July 1988. A benthic survey grid of 35 stations was sampled in western Poole Bay. At each site eight 0.006m2 hand cores were collected, one for chemical and sediment analysis and seven replicates for biological analysis. In addition to infaunal studies, the seabed and its associated surface flora and fauna were surveyed to compile a species list for the entire survey area. The sediment analysis revealed that the area was essentially sedimentary with a few outcrops of hard substrate, both natural and anthropogenic. Bottom sediments varied from sand with cobbles to a sandy mud. The infauna was dominated by polychaetes. The dominant epifaunal component was Crepidula fornicata (slipper limpet) beds. A maerl bed was recorded around station G3. Each station was located with AP DYN IV DECCA equipment. A local correction factor was used to reduce the position error to a theoretical 25-50m. Photographs and specimens were taken. The original photographs are held by Department of Oceanography, Southampton University, with a set of copies available from Wytch Farm. In addtion to the sediment coring, loose particulate material was tested to detect levels of heavy metals - NB sediment details are not held on this database. Of the 35 stations visited 7 had sediment too compact to allow a sufficient number of replicates for biological analysis. These stations were: B2, C2, D1, E1, E6, E7 and G3 |
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 | NDGO0005 | |
Keyword title | data.gov.uk | |
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geology |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Land cover | |
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 | Bottom Texture | |
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 | Biodiversity | |
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 | Sediment grain size parameters | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Seabed photography | |
Geographical coverage | ||
North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.695 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.84 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.649 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.93 |
Regional sea | Eastern Channel | |
30E7 | ||
30E8 | ||
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 | Dorset Wildlife Trust | |
Individual name | Peter Tinsley | |
Position name | Living Seas Manager | |
Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
Organisation name | Natural England | |
Position name | 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 | Antony Jensen | |
Position name | Senior Lecturer | |
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 | Martin Sheader | |
Position name | Senior Lecturer in Marine Biology | |
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 | 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. | No restrictions to public access |
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. | Data is freely available for research or commercial use providing that the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced. |
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. | 2013-01-25 |
Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2013-01-25 |
Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 1988-07-31 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2021-03-25 |
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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