CEFASa52e4cec-7409-4278-b18c-fec29cca7a1d 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 2025-10-13T01:39:46 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision 32600 Macrofauna abundance matrix from litter samples from the North Sea 2020-2021 2024-10-11 publication 2025-10-13 revision 2024-10-08 creation CEFAS22053 https://data.cefas.co.uk Macrofauna abundance matrix for each taxa identified from litter samples, sorted by station. This is a combination of litter samples from the CEND 18/20 and CEND 06/21 CSEMP (Clean Safe Seas Environmental Monitoring Programme) surveys. The litter items are labelled with the station code and unique litter item and arranged in columns. The taxa names are listed in the rows. Corresponding abundance data for each taxa found on the litter item at that station is listed throughout the matrix. At the bottom of the taxa list is the categories: number of species, which includes the total; polymer type; whether the litter item was flexible or solid; the rugosity of the litter item; the size class; and the overall code describing these characteristics. 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 European Commission info@publications.europa.eu owner notPlanned Benthos Ecology GEMET, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Litter abundance and type SeaDataNet P02 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Unknown 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 Publicly available data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 ( `https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/`_ ) – Please note the applicable attribution statement is as follows: ‘includes Crown copyright, Cefas 2024' .. _`https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/`: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ English environment 1.73881 1.74086 52.4581 52.4595 2020-12-05 2021-05-01 Binary Delimited Geographic Information System Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/22053 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 Macrofaunal abundance data was collected by analysing attached macrofauna on opportunistically collected litter samples from CSEMP trawls. The specimens were identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level under the `Northeast Atlantic Marine Biological Analytical Quality Control (NMBAQC) guidelines`_ (WORSFOLD et al., 2010). Smaller items were examined whole under the microscope, while larger items were sub-sampled using rapid assessment guideline (`Minchin and Nunn, 2013`_). Under the NMBAQC protocol, some taxa were identified to species level, while others such as Meiofauna was identified to Phylum level. The polymer analysis was carried out using FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) analysis by the Cefas Lowestoft litter team. .. _`northeast atlantic marine biological analytical quality control (nmbaqc) guidelines`: https://nmbaqcs.org/qa-standards/ .. _`minchin and nunn, 2013`: https://invasivespeciesireland.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/marina_report_final.pdf MEDIN 3.1.1