05e2b022-fb01-4991-935b-374d917ffa30 English dataset Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats 01752 426237 dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk pointOfContact 2025-08-20 MEDIN 3.1.2 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2021-01-06 revision WGS 84 2025 The Environment Agency (EA) Data for the UK Marine Strategy Article 8 biodiversity assessment: Condition of soft sediment invertebrate communities in coastal waters determined using Water Environment Regulations methods 2025-07-28 publication 2019-12-31 revision 2019-12-31 creation DASSHDT00000577 https://www.dassh.ac.uk/datasets Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations River Basin Management Plan Cycle 3 Infaunal Quality Index classification data used for the UK Marine Strategy Article 8 biodiversity assessments for the UK Regional Seas. The WER Infaunal Quality Index method statement and classification tool ('IQI Workbook UKTAG v02 20140311.xlsm' and ‘IQI Workbook UKTAG v02 20221214.xlsm’) used to calculate WER Ecological Quality Ratios are available at http://www.wfduk.org/resources%20/coastal-and-transitional-waters-benthic-invertebrate-fauna. Project coordinated by the Environment Agency and Joint Nature Conservation Committee. River Basin Management Plan Cycle 3 benthic invertebrate data held by the relevant WER Agency. DEFRA defra marine.strategy@defra.gov.uk owner Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats 01752 426237 dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk custodian Graham Phillips Environment Agency Technical Specialist - Coastal and Estuarine Assessment Enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk originator Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats 01752 426237 dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk distributor notPlanned Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2025-09-01 revision NDGO0005 NDGO0005 2025-09-01 revision Habitats and biotopes Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-09-28 revision Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2021-09-28 revision otherRestrictions Open otherRestrictions Open Government License (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 biota oceans -12.7880859375 7.6025390625 48.981118295001 60.284089225538 SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation Celtic Sea SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation North Sea 2011-01-01 2019-12-31 SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 revision unknown Delimited https://doi.org/10.17031/6864f504ec482 DOI link data download link download dataset 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 Ownership of the raw data compiled and used in this assessment remains with the respective organisations named within the dataset.