0bf1b9b07dc64539b413346c8eb06b41 English 2f37f73c22c097b0de380d2f9ff59de8 dataset Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk pointOfContact 2022-11-22 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 2013 University of Plymouth Thanet Coast (UK) Special Area of Conservation (SAC) towed underwater video condition assessment of epibenthic communities and biotopes 2021-02-19 publication 2013-07-06 creation 2021-02-19 revision DASSHDT00000465 http://www.dassh.ac.uk/ This data set comprises of marine epibenthos (approx. 57 identified taxa derived of Algae, Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chordata, Cnidaria, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Porifera) data collected in July 2013 from Thanet Coast (UK) Special Area of Conservation (SAC) using a high definition towed underwater video system. 12 areas were surveyed, six inside the SAC and six outside the SAC. Three replicate 200 m x 0.5 m transects were recorded in each area. The survey was commissioned by Natural England as part of a condition assessment to report the extent and condition of habitats and biotopes, and to determine the composition of the benthic species present. Emma V Sheehan University of Plymouth, School of Biological and Marine Sciences Associate Professor of Marine Ecology emma.sheehan@plymouth.ac.uk originator Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk custodian unknown Delimited Marine Environmental Data and Information Network NDGO0005 Habitats and biotopes Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Zoobenthos generic abundance Habitat characterisation SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Habitats and biotopes INSPIRE THEMES 2011-02-16 creation Geology Biodiversity GEMET 2011-07-06 creation Marine UNESCO 2003-01-01 creation Inshore activities a thesaurus 2011-09-01 publication Protected Areas MEDIN 2012-02-14 creation environment International Standards Organisation ISO19115 Topic Categories 2005-04-27 revision Species Distribution INSPIRE 2017-05-12 creation Seabed Impact Internal_Waves 2017-10-31 publication CC BY 4.0 otherRestrictions Public access English biota biota SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision circalittoral 1.2732 1.4806 51.3147 51.4048 2013-07-02 2013-07-06 3.2000 10.0000 Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk distributor https://doi.org/10.17031/ghed-7t19 DOI link A link to the web service or dataset dataset MEDIN data guideline for transfer video survey data 2011-02-02 publication See the referenced specification true A sub-set of the analysed still frames from the video data was checked (reanalysed and compared to original analysis) by a senior video analyst. If any sensitive species or biotope records are present within this dataset, they will have been removed. If you wish to request access to sensitive species records, please contact the metadata contact. The UK Sensitive Species list has been agreed by UK statutory bodies and relevant experts. It can be viewed here https://docs.nbnatlas.org/sensitive-species-list/. Please note sensitive species lists can vary across the UK. Recommended dataset citation: Dr Emma V Sheehan; University of Plymouth School of Marine and Biological Sciences, UK (2015). Condition assessment of epibenthic communities and habitats in Thanet Coast (UK) Special Area of Conservation (SAC), using towed underwater video. 10.17031/ghed-7t19. Based on the dataset: E.V Sheehan, S.L Cousens, L.A Holmes, S Nancollas, E Hooper and M.J Attrill (2015) Condition assessment of Thanet Coast Special Area of Conservation. Natural England Commissioned Report NECR165.