CEFASc01cc9dc-a45f-483c-8946-2222cbc41760 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 2023-01-31T04:50:00 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 Sampling Positions in the Greater North Sea from 2009 to 2011 for Defra project ME5301 fulfilled by Cefas E5301 Sampling Positions 2013-10-17 publication 2023-01-31 revision 2013-01-28 creation CEFAS725 https://data.cefas.co.uk Provides both the Target and Actual positions of locations in the Greater North Sea where the seabed was sampled by Cefas under the Defra funded Project ME5301. Vessel = Cefas Endeavour; Cruises = CEND15/09, CEND10/11 and CEND11/11. 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 Biodiversity Ecosystem Sea bed GEMET, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Bathymetry and Elevation Seabed photography 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 10 English environment -6.00 5.00 49.00 56.75 2009-10-24 2011-07-04 Delimited Geographic Information System Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/725 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 Sampling included box coring (for sediment geochemistry, granulometry and infauna), Sediment Profile Imagery (SPI), water column sampling (CTD rosettes), Hamon grab sampling (infauna & granulometry) and 2-metre beam trawls. This positional dataset provides a Quality Assured resource and was compiled at the end of the project for archival purposes. #Target loctions are used to provide the vessel with a position that is to be occupied for sampling. Typically, multiple replicate samples with a variety of sampling gears were acquired at each targeted location and the actual sampling positions were recorded by GPS Fix when the sampling gear hit the seabed. Hence there is a one-to-many relationship between TargetPositions and ActualPosition. 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`_ Alias Station Codes exist for CEND 1509 because the survey was designed in real-time. An initial 'prospecting' survey comprised an acoustic survey line run along the Torbay (TB) transect complemented by eight deployments of the Sediment Profile Imager (SPI camera). These SPI locations were labelled TORSPI01 - TORSPI08 and resulted in the selection of the first Main sampling station TBM1 at the NW end of the transect. Further SPI sampling was carried out along the transect (SPI01 to SPI20) to identify a second Main sampling site TBM2, Bulk sampling sites (TBBU01 to TBBU11) and a transition area between mud and sand (TBBT1 to TBBT6). These were later sampled by Box corer (NIOZ design) for sediment geochemistry. Similar prospecting and sampling was carried out at two locations known as Start Point West (SPW) and Start Point East (SPE), including SPI21 to SPI34. The western area proved unsuitable for Box coring but was sampled by SPI and Hamon Grab (for infauna). One Main station (SPM1) and four bulk stations (SPE 1, 3, 4, 6) were sampled by Box corer for sediment geochemistry. .. _`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