0e36b8349bd6e6508e0dcda98bbfe3d2 English dataset Marine GI Data Natural England Natural England +44 (0)300 060 3900 +44 (0)300 060 2356 Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green York YO1 7PX enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk pointOfContact 2022-03-14 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700 Natural England (NE) Mapping, Monitoring and Management of Eelgrass (Zostera) Beds in the South Walney Channel 1998-12-31 publication NATENG000069 The Zostera beds in the South Walney Channel and adjacent area are the only seagrass beds in Northwestern England. The present survey showed Zostera to occur widely between the north (Barrow) side of Roosecote Bay and Foulney Island, sporadically on Rampside Sands and on Walney Island at Wylock Marsh. Two species of Zostera were recorded in the present survey (Z. angustifolia, Z. noltii). Current mapped distribution of Zostera is compared with CASI images showing occurrence of vegetation over intertidal areas. The possible effects of changes in coastal configuration and incursion of Spartina anglica on Zostera in the South Walney Channel area are discussed. Suggestions are made for further surveillance and other studies. I. Tittley Natural History Museum, London (NHM) Department of Zoology Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk originator Marine GI Data Natural England Natural England +44 (0)300 060 3900 +44 (0)300 060 2356 Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green York YO1 7PX enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk custodian notPlanned Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Habitats and biotopes Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Marine UNESCO 2003-01-01 creation Habitat extent Habitat characterisation Macroalgae and seagrass taxonomy-related counts SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision OGL otherRestrictions OGL English biota biota Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Irish Sea SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision infralittoral -3.4661 -3.0527 54.0105 54.2101 1998-12-01 2022-03-14 Marine GI Data Natural England Natural England +44 (0)300 060 3900 +44 (0)300 060 2356 Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green York YO1 7PX enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk distributor dataset N/A