24faf42f37e9659e808b6113cbeb2ac5 English 52b208fc4f5bba371819fe5f67565643 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 2019-08-07 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4258 2007-2010 Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF), Regional Environmental Characterization (REC) Study, South Coast Region The South Coast Regional Environmental Characterisation. South Coast REC, MALSF 2010-08-05 publication 2007-08-31 creation DASSHDT00000006 http://www.dassh.ac.uk The South Coast Regional Environmental Characterisation study is a multidisciplinery project involving the biology, geology and archaeology of an area of the English Channel 5800km2. Funded by the MALSF. A 2m scientific beam trawl with a 5mm mesh liner was used to sample epibenthic fauna. Benthic samples were collected for faunal and granulometric analysis using a 0.1m2 Hamon Grab. 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 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 notPlanned Delimited Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Fish abundance in water bodies Zoobenthos generic abundance Zoobenthos dry weight biomass SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Marine UNESCO 2003-01-01 creation Released under DASSH Terms and Conditions otherRestrictions Released under DASSH Terms and Conditions English biota ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 30E8 ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 30E9 International Hydrographic Bureau, Limits of Oceans and Seas 1954-01-01 creation English Channel ICES Statistical Areas 2014-05-16 creation VIId -1.9560 0.0000 50.3310 50.8250 2007-08-28 2007-09-11 James, J W C, Pearce, B, Coggan, R A, Arnott, S H L, Clark, R, Plim, J F, Pinnion, J, Barrio Frojan, C,Gardiner, J P, Morando, A, Baggaley, P A, Scott, G, Bigourdan,N. 2010. The South Coast Regional Environmental Characterisation. British Geological Survey Open Report OR/09/51. 249 pp. http://cefas.defra.gov.uk/alsf.aspx 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 The South Coast Regional Environmental Characterisation (REC) is a multidisciplinary marine study encompassing the geology, biology and archaeology of an extensive area – 5600 km2 — of the English Channel which has been funded by the Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF). In total 68 0.1m2 Hammon Grabs and 23 Benthic Trawls were gathered and analysed for benthic species.