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The EIA process for an offshore wind farm requires a full understanding of the marine ecology of the area which may be affected. This requires a full review of existing benthic survey data (marine ecology desk study) as well as benthic surveys of the wind farm site, cable routes and adjacent areas. For this site, surveying the offshore environment involved benthic grab sampling and epibenthic trawl surveys, as well as drop down video surveys on rocky ground where grab/trawling was not possible. Intertidal biotope mapping was also undertaken along the cable route. These baseline surveys were necessary for the characterisation of the marine communities in the vicinity of the cable route and wind farm site, and to identify the location of any Annex 1 habitats (under the Habitats Directive) present. Comparison of these results with postconstruction monitoring will allow an assessment of any changes that may occur after installation of the facility.
National Renewable Energy Centre Ltd.
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 7094 |
| 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. | 2011-2012, AMEC, Blyth NaREC Offshore Demonstration Site, Benthic Surveys |
| 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. | 7c2eb7d0-efdc-4d37-92bd-b82d6a79e7b5 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | -1 |
| 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 | 2012-05-30 |
| 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. | The EIA process for an offshore wind farm requires a full understanding of the marine ecology of the area which may be affected. This requires a full review of existing benthic survey data (marine ecology desk study) as well as benthic surveys of the wind farm site, cable routes and adjacent areas. For this site, surveying the offshore environment involved benthic grab sampling and epibenthic trawl surveys, as well as drop down video surveys on rocky ground where grab/trawling was not possible. Intertidal biotope mapping was also undertaken along the cable route. These baseline surveys were necessary for the characterisation of the marine communities in the vicinity of the cable route and wind farm site, and to identify the location of any Annex 1 habitats (under the Habitats Directive) present. Comparison of these results with postconstruction monitoring will allow an assessment of any changes that may occur after installation of the facility. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Intertidal surveys, benthic grab, epibenthic trawl and underwater video surveys were conducted with the purpose of providing information against which future monitoring of the wind farm development can be compared, specifically regarding any changes in the benthic communities and sediment composition. Benthic grab sampling (and core sampling in the intertidal) was performed to determine the sediment composition of the area, as well as the infaunal diversity and species richness. Epibenthic trawling was performed to gain information on those organisms which live on and above the seabed such as fish and mobile invertebrates, as well as more sessile organisms. In areas where grab sampling or epibenthic trawls were not possible (due to the presence of hard ground) or in areas where potential Annex 1 habitats (e.g. Sabellaria spinulosa reef) were found, underwater video surveys were conducted. Walkover surveys were performed on hard ground in the intertidal in order to classify biotopes. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Consenting |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Offshore area of search | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Agreement for Lease Area | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Cable landfall | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Intertidal zone | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fish taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Zoobenthos taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the littoral zone | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Zoobenthos taxonomy-related wet weight biomass per unit area of the bed | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Seabed photography | |
| 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 | Habitat extent | |
| 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 | Concentration of organic matter in sediments | |
| 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 | 55.24 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.27 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.1 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.53 |
| 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 | National Renewable Energy Centre Ltd. | |
| Position name | Data Controller | |
| Phone | 01670 359555 | |
| Fax | 01670 359666 | |
| Delivery point | Offshore House, Albert Street, Blyth, Northumberland. NE24 1LZ | |
| Postal code | NE24 1LZ | |
| City | Blyth | |
| Administrative area | Northumberland | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| URL | http://www.narec.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 | National Renewable Energy Centre Ltd. | |
| Individual name | Data Controller | |
| Position name | Data Controller | |
| Phone | 01670 359555 | |
| Fax | 01670 359666 | |
| Delivery point | Offshore House, Albert Street, Blyth, Northumberland. NE24 1LZ | |
| Postal code | NE24 1LZ | |
| City | Blyth | |
| Administrative area | Northumberland | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| URL | http://www.narec.co.uk | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | AMEC Environment & Infrastructure UK Limited | |
| Phone | +44 (0)191 272 6100 | |
| Fax | +44 (0)191 272 6592 | |
| Delivery point | Northumbria House, Regent Centre, Gosforth | |
| Postal code | NE3 3PX | |
| City | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| URL | http://www.amec-ukenvironment.com/ | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) | |
| Phone | +45 3338 6700 | |
| Fax | +45 3393 4215 | |
| Delivery point | H. C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46 | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Cathie Associates Ltd. | |
| Phone | +44(0) 207 868 5123 | |
| Delivery point | Providian House | |
| Postal code | EC3R 8AJ | |
| City | London | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| URL | http://www.cathie-associates.com/ | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Envision Mapping Ltd | |
| Phone | +44 (0)1661 854 250 | |
| Fax | +44 (0)1661 854 361 | |
| Delivery point | Mallan House | |
| Postal code | NE46 4DQ | |
| City | Hexham | |
| Administrative area | Northumberland | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| URL | http://www.envision.uk.com/ | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/117/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 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.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx |
| 21 Conditions for access and use – Use limitation | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource. | no conditions apply |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format name | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Various |
| 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. | 2023-11-29 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2014-09-01 |
| 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 | Version 2.3.8 |
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