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The objective of this monograph is to synthesise the current knowledge on the nature and distribution of geogenic reefs in UK waters, and to discuss how anthropogenic activities such as aggregate extraction and other marine industries may affect the integrity of these features. There are a large number of geogenic feature types, which have been formed over many thousands of years by glacial, geological and marine processes. Generically however, geogenic reefs may be categorised as either bedrock or stony features. Geogenic reefs support a diverse range of flora and fauna and thus represent important habitats, some of which are protected by environmental designations. Consideration is also given to the morphology and distribution of more general gravel and mixed sand/gravel habitats, which are a primary source of marine aggregate. Marine aggregate dredging has the potential to affect geogenic reefs either directly (in the case of stony reefs) by the removal of sediment, or indirectly through changes to the hydrodynamic or sedimentary regime. However, the consenting of aggregate licences is tightly controlled in order to prevent large changes in physical processes. Therefore, compared with the effects of other anthropogenic activities, aggregate dredging does not represent a major threat to the integrity of geogenic reefs, provided that dredging does not take place either directly on or very close to a feature.
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Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 6499 |
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. | 2011, ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd., Geogenic Reefs and the Marine Aggregate Industry |
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. | 20172b40-d319-4c55-b1fb-c45ecc20010f |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | MEPF 10/P151 |
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. | series |
Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2011 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2011 |
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'. | unknown |
Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | The objective of this monograph is to synthesise the current knowledge on the nature and distribution of geogenic reefs in UK waters, and to discuss how anthropogenic activities such as aggregate extraction and other marine industries may affect the integrity of these features. There are a large number of geogenic feature types, which have been formed over many thousands of years by glacial, geological and marine processes. Generically however, geogenic reefs may be categorised as either bedrock or stony features. Geogenic reefs support a diverse range of flora and fauna and thus represent important habitats, some of which are protected by environmental designations. Consideration is also given to the morphology and distribution of more general gravel and mixed sand/gravel habitats, which are a primary source of marine aggregate. Marine aggregate dredging has the potential to affect geogenic reefs either directly (in the case of stony reefs) by the removal of sediment, or indirectly through changes to the hydrodynamic or sedimentary regime. However, the consenting of aggregate licences is tightly controlled in order to prevent large changes in physical processes. Therefore, compared with the effects of other anthropogenic activities, aggregate dredging does not represent a major threat to the integrity of geogenic reefs, provided that dredging does not take place either directly on or very close to a feature. |
Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The objective of this monograph is to synthesise the current knowledge on the nature and distribution of geogenic reefs in UK waters, and to discuss how anthropogenic activities such as aggregate extraction and other marine industries may affect the integrity of these features. |
Related keywords | ||
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Research and Development Activity |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Research | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sedimentary structure | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Vertical velocity of the water column (currents) | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Transport in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Wave direction | |
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 | Habitat characterisation | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fishery characterisation | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
Keyword title | MEDIN | |
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
Keyword title | MEDIN | |
Geographical coverage | ||
North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.811304 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.762849 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 49.882252 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -6.372828 |
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 | ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd | |
Phone | 02380711840 | |
Delivery point | Quayside Suite,, Medina Chambers,, Town Quay | |
Postal code | SO14 2AQ | |
City | Southampton | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.abpmer.co.uk | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd | |
Phone | 02380711840 | |
Delivery point | Quayside Suite,, Medina Chambers,, Town Quay | |
Postal code | SO14 2AQ | |
City | Southampton | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.abpmer.co.uk | |
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 | The Crown Estate | |
Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
Delivery point | 16 New Burlington Place | |
Postal code | W1S 2HX | |
City | London | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk | |
Resource locators | ||
Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/1479/summary |
Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
Dataset constraints | ||
20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | ISO restriction code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | restricted |
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. | http://www.marinedataexchange.com/pages/terms-of-use.aspx |
21 Conditions for access and use – Use limitation | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource. | http://www.marinedataexchange.com/pages/terms-of-use.aspx |
Version info | ||
Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2024-03-28 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2015-05-20 |
Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Profile |
Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3.8 |
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