CEFAS9fa6cfaa-1bfa-4d9c-ab1e-a70f89142227 English dataset Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk pointOfContact 2021-12-10T10:35:38 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 Dover to Folkestone Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) Survey Infauna Data - 2012 INFAUNA 2016-03-18 publication 2021-12-10 revision 2016-03-17 creation CEFAS3834 https://data.cefas.co.uk Counts and presence/absence of species of macrofauna identified from 4 grab samples collected at Dover to Folkestone Marine Conservation site between the 10th and 15th of March 2012 The data were collected for the Marine Conversation Zones Project funded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk originator Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk custodian Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk distributor Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) defra.helpline@defra.gov.uk owner notPlanned Benthos GEMET, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed SeaDataNet P02 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Sediment SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2010-05-18 revision Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication data.gov.uk MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication otherRestrictions noLimitations otherRestrictions Public data - no limitations to reuse 1 English environment 1.00 1.50 51.00 51.25 2012-03-10 2012-03-15 Binary Delimited Geographic Information System Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/3834 Cefas Data Portal download The Cefas Data Portal contains metadata records and data sets available to download and connect to in support of our commitment to open science. Data is available in the following formats: Binary download, CSV, ESRI Shapefile. The data can also be accessed via the WFS and WMS protocols. dataset INSPIRE Data Specification on Habitats and Biotopes – Technical Guidelines 2013-12-10 publication false See the referenced specification Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication true See the referenced specification Hamon Grab samples were collected at 21 sites within Dover to Folkestone Marine Conservation site on survey SVGL0712. A Mini-Hamon Grab with a sampling area of 0.1 m2, was deployed from the stern gantry of the vessel to collect sediment from the seabed On recovery, the grab was emptied into a large plastic bin and a representative sub-sample of sediment (approx. 0.5 litres) taken for Particle Size Analysis (PSA). The sample was stored in a labelled plastic container and frozen ready for transfer to a laboratory ashore. The remaining sample was photographed and the volume of sediment measured and recorded. Benthic fauna were collected by washing the sample with sea water over a 1 mm sieve. The retained >1 mm fraction was transferred to a labelled container and preserved in 8% buffered formaldehyde for later analysis ashore. Four grab samples were collected for infauna analysis from stations DovF01, 13, 18 and 23 within the Dover to Folkestone rMCZ . The sediment was found to vary across the rMCZ area, with sand, mud, mixed and coarse habitat types represented. Eight stations surveyed with the Mini-Hamon grab produced samples with a volume less than the minimum required (<5 litres). The small volume of material collected could indicate the presence of rock covered with a thin layer of sublittoral sediment. MEDIN 3.1.1