21429bc92ec5471cdbf207fde62a957a English dataset Carly Cassidy University Marine Biological Station (UMBS), Millport Millport KA28 0EG carlycassidy@hotmail.co.uk pointOfContact 2019-11-04 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 4326 1999-2009 UMBSM Clyde Sea Fairlie Channel Beam Trawl Survey 2011-08-01 publication UMBSM_FC Semi-annual beam trawl samples are taken in Fairlie Channel, Firth of Clyde, as part of undergraduate field courses in marine biology at the University Marine Biological Station Millport. A species list of demersal fish and epibenthos is compiled. Samples are normally taken in March/April and August/September. Philip Smith University Marine Biological Station (UMBS), Millport Millport KA28 0EG philip.smith@millport.gla.ac.uk originator Kathryn Stevenson University Marine Biological Station (UMBS), Millport Millport KA28 0EG kathryn.stevenson@millport.gla.ac.uk custodian continual Delimited Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Biodiversity GEMET 2011-07-06 creation Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Restrictions apply. otherRestrictions DASSH terms and conditions apply (https://www.dassh.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions) English biota Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Irish Sea -4.9154 -4.8838 55.7403 55.7650 1999-01-09 2009-03-23 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 dataset MEDIN data guideline for fish and benthos data by trawl and dredge 2011-02-02 publication MEDIN data guideline strictly adhered to. true The University Marine Biological Station Millport (UMBSM) conducts and oversees marine biological field research for undergraduate and post graduate students. A benthic trawl survey is conducted on an annual basis by undergraduate students from the University of Glasgow and from the University of London. It is of priority that students within the marine biological field establish high quality species identification skills. All survey methods and classroom species identifications are overseen by an academic member of staff to ensure data quality assurance. The purpose of the survey was to investigate the benthos biodiversity of the Fairlie Channel, in the Firth of Clyde. A Beam trawl, deployed by UMBSM RV Aora (22m), was used to collect and sample benthos. The Beam trawl was towed at a depth of 36m for a distance of 1.4km at a speed of 2.3 knots. Trawls were approximately 15 minutes in duration. The trawl were 3m in width and 1m in height. Mesh size of the trawl net was 70mm. Once the catch was hauled on to the deck of the research vessel, a representative sample of all fauna present was collected and taken back to the laboratory at UMBSM. All other animals were returned to the sea undamaged. At the laboratory, samples were held in classroom tanks and identified to species level under the supervision of academic members of staff. Once species were identified, they were returned to the sea.