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eng
dataset
Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
0300 065 3000
Maes-y-Ffynnon
LL57 2DW
enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
pointOfContact
2021-09-02
MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
Version 2.3.8
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::BNG
OGP
Intertidal Monitoring of Rockpools, Caves and Overhangs in Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries Special Area of Conservation (SAC) in 2007
2007 CCW/ASML Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries SAC Rockpool and Overhang monitoring MRCCW16300000008
Gwaith monitro rhynglanwol ar byllau glan mor, ogofau a gordoeon yn ACA Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd yn 2007
2009-03-31
publication
2009-03-31
revision
111180
https://naturalresources.wales
The Habitats Directive establishes that the management of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) should aim to achieve the favourable conservation status of habitat and species features listed within its Annex I and Annex II. For SACs in Wales, the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) is therefore required to report on a regular basis on whether features are in favourable conservation status.
There were two purposes for this data capture:
- To provide an inventory and distribution map of selected biotopes present to use as a reference condition for the rocky shore habitat communities in the SAC.
- To describe gross changes in these features since the Phase 1 survey (1999-2001) to give some indication of their stability.
The rocky shore areas that lies within the SAC includes a number of rockpool, overhang and cave features that are considered to be nationally important biotopes and/or Rare or Scarce in Wales and others that are considered to be important for their biodiversity. These potentially species rich rocky habitats were therefore surveyed to provide an inventory of these sub features for future survey work. The confidence in this data is high as surveys were carried out by a team of experienced marine biologists.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
0300 065 3000
Maes-y-Ffynnon
LL57 2DW
enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
custodian
Aquatic Survey and Monitoring Ltd (ASML)
01388 528 015
Whitfield Brow
DL13 2SZ
tom@aquatic-environments.co.uk
originator
notPlanned
Documents
Habitats and biotopes
Species distribution
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2022-02-05
publication
Zoobenthos generic abundance
Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
2011-03-25
publication
Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
© CNC/NRW and © Crown copyright 2009. All rights reserved. Natural Resources Wales, 100019741 Third parties seeking to re-use this data require a Licence issued by NRW. It allows re-use, reproduction and dissemination in any format or medium but only for non-commercial purposes, according to the terms and conditions of the Licence. Those seeking commercial re-use require a commercial licence available from the OS.
otherRestrictions
The following data is considered OS derived data and is therefore jointly owned by NRW and the Ordnance Survey. NRW may release, publish or disseminate this data freely; providing recipients are made aware of use restrictions (See general use restrictions).
eng
oceans
biota
ISO3166 Countries
2022-02-05
publication
Wales (WLS)
SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
2010-05-18
publication
benthic boundary layer
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51.51470188
51.77321675
2007-06-11
2007-06-15
Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
0300 065 3000
Maes-y-Ffynnon
LL57 2DW
enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
distributor
dataset
Locations of recorded rockpools, overhangs and caves in Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries SAC were compiled from the CCW Phase 1 database. Records were grouped by geographic area and GPS units and maps were used by the survey teams to navigate to the recorded position of each feature. If there was no relevant biotope feature present at the recorded position of a Phase 1 survey record but a similar biotope was present in the vicinity, it was assumed that the original record had been inaccurately fixed, so an accurate GPS fix was made and tagged to the original record. If there was no relevant biotope feature present at the recorded position of a Phase 1 survey record and no similar biotope in the vicinity, it was assumed that the biotope was no longer present, if the
surveyors found additional examples of notable rockpools, overhangs or caves, an accurate GPS fix was taken and in-situ records made in the same way as all the other records. A brief description was recorded of the habitat and communities within each feature e.g. size of feature, its level on the shore, dominant and characteristic species/taxa and other notable features of condition or potential anthropogenic impacts. Photographs were taken to illustrate the feature. Phase 1 surveys of intertidal habitats in the SAC were carried out in the SAC between 1999 and 2001, providing detailed mapping of the intertidal biotopes with some information on characterizing species. Phase 1 surveys of intertidal habitats in the SAC were carried out in the SAC between 1999 and 2001 (Brazier et al. 2007)
, providing detailed mapping of the intertidal biotopes with some information on characterizing species.