CEFASe1ab26c0-7198-4df9-8427-c6dfef8cab3d 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 2021-12-10T11:29:24 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 Orford Inshore Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) Survey Infauna Data - 2012 INFAUNA 2016-06-16 publication 2021-12-10 revision 2016-03-17 creation CEFAS3894 https://data.cefas.co.uk Counts and presence/absence of species of macrofauna identified from 37 grab samples collected at Orford Inshore Marine Conservation Zone between the 28th February and 12th 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 1.50 2.00 52.00 52.25 2012-02-28 2012-03-12 Binary Delimited Geographic Information System Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/3894 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 37 sites within Orford Inshore Marine Conservation Zone during survey ORIN DISCO2012. A quantitative seabed sample was collected using a 0.1m2 mini-Hamon grab. The position of each sample was fixed at the time when the winch wire went slack indicating that the grab was on the seabed. Upon retrieval of the grab sample on board the vessel, excess water was drained from the sample through a 1mm sieve and the sample checked to ensure adequate quality. Samples of 5 litres and above were considered acceptable. Samples with a volume less than this were generally rejected and the station re-sampled up to a maximum of three times. Where samples of < 5 litres were continually achieved, a sample was accepted with the sample volume noted on the recording sheet.Accepted samples were emptied into a hopper and photographed. The sediment was also described and any conspicuous fauna were recorded. A representative sub-sample was then taken for Particle Size Distribution analysis (PSD). A volume of 300 to 500 ml was taken, depending on the nature of the substrate. Each sub-sample was placed into a strong labelled plastic bag and stored in a weather proof container.The remaining sediment was then gently washed over a 1mm sieve with the material retained on the sieve transferred into a pre-labelled bucket with lid and preserved with 4% buffered saline formalin solution. Buckets were clearly labelled outside plus an extra water proof label with details of date, project number, sample ID and a unique lab reference was added to the preserved sample. MEDIN 3.1.1