CEFASa9e0781c-759a-480d-b7a2-0ba3424aa85a 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 2023-01-31T04:10:12 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 North Sea and English Channel Sediment Particle Size Analysis PSA for ME5310 NIOZ samples 2013-11-21 publication 2023-01-31 revision 2013-01-22 creation CEFAS698 https://data.cefas.co.uk Particle Size Analysis (PSA) of seabed sediment samples from the North Sea and English channel collected as part of a study on sediment biogeochemistry under Defra project ME5301 in the period 2009 - 2011. 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 Biochemistry Advice Analysis Management Monitoring Sea bed Sediment GEMET, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Rock and sediment physical properties SeaDataNet P03 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Sediment grain size parameters Habitat characterisation 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 English environment -6.00 5.00 49.00 56.75 2009-01-01 2011-12-31 Delimited Geographic Information System Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/698 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: 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 Samples were collected by 0.1 sq m box core (NIOZ design) which was then subsampled using smaller cores. These were extruded to separate the 0-5 and 5-10 cm depth horizons which were then subject to PSA analysis in 0.5 Phi size classes, using standard procedures combining wet sieving, dry sieving and laser sizing, (Malvern mastersizer). Results give PSA distribution from -5.5 Phi (45 mm) to +11 Phi (0.49 μm). Summary statistics (% gravel, sand and silt/clay) and univariate indices of distribution (Mean, Sorting, Skewness, Kurtosis) were determined using GRADISTAT (Blott, S.J. and Pye, K. (2001) GRADISTAT: a grain size distribution and statistics package for the analysis of unconsolidated sediments. *Earth Surface Processes and Landforms* 26, 1237-1248) Records include data from Defra funded project ME5301 entitled 'Mapping the structure, function and sensitivity of seabed sediment habitats to support assessment of the sea-floor status and the broadscale monitoring and management of the benthic environment' which sampled locations in the North Sea and western English Channel. Further details of the project can be found at: `http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&Completed=2&ProjectID=16812`_ .. _`http://randd.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?menu=menu&module=more&location=none&completed=2&projectid=16812`: http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&Completed=2&ProjectID=16812 MEDIN 3.1.1