2ef541931a4851ff7363c165268a58d6 English dataset Peter Tinsley Dorset Wildlife Trust Living Seas Manager Enquiries@derc.org.uk pointOfContact 2021-04-16 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 1994 Environment and Resource Technology Ltd (ERT), Portland Bill to Kimmeridge Bay, van Veen grab macrobenthic survey 2013-02-12 publication MRLRC00100000530 All these records relate to "Environment and Resource Technology Ltd (1994) - Marine Environmental Survey off the Dorset coastline within UKCS blocks 97/14 and 15: Macrobenthic survey (ERT 94/075) September 1994". A copy of the report is held at Dorset Environmental Records Centre. This survey was carried out by Environment and Resource Technology Ltd (ERT) for Amoco. The area between Portland Bill to Kimmeridge Bay was surveyed, including Portland Harbour. 77 seabed samples were obtained from 74 different locations between 16-26 September 1994. Four different sampling methods were used due to the range of sedimentary substrata occurring in the survey area. The majority of samples (63) were taken by van Veen grab (sample size 0.1m2). These were then hand-sifted through both 1.0 and 0.5mm mesh and sorted into major faunal groups for counting and identification to species level by specialist taxonomists. The species lists entered into this database relate to the 1.0mm mesh results. Positions were fixed using DGPS with NAVBOX software and are given on the WGS84 spheroid. Data manager ERT (Scotland) Ltd DASSH, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitat Data Data Manager dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk originator Carolyn Steele Dorset Environmental Record Centre Record Centre Manager c.a.steele@dorsetcc.gov.uk custodian notPlanned Database Documents Marine Environmental Data and Information Network NDGO0005 Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Marine UNESCO 2003-01-01 creation Biodiversity GEMET 2011-07-06 creation Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Data is freely available for research or commercial use providing that the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced. CC BY 4.0 otherRestrictions No restrictions to public access English biota Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Eastern Channel Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Western Channel and Celtic Sea ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 29E7 ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 30E7 ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 29E8 ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 30E8 -2.4450 -2.1692 50.4925 50.6319 1994-09-16 1994-09-26 Dorset Environmental Record Centre General Enquiries Enquiries@derc.org.uk distributor dataset This survey was carried out by Environment and Resource Technology Ltd (ERT) for Amoco. The area between Portland Bill to Kimmeridge Bay was surveyed, including Portland Harbour. 77 seabed samples were obtained from 74 different locations between 16-26 September 1994. Four different sampling methods were used due to the range of sedimentary substrata occurring in the survey area. The majority of samples (63) were taken by van Veen grab (sample size 0.1m2). These were then hand-sifted through both 1.0 and 0.5mm mesh and sorted into major faunal groups for counting and identification to species level by specialist taxonomists. The species lists entered into this database relate to the 1.0mm mesh results. Positions were fixed using DGPS with NAVBOX software and are given on the WGS84 spheroid.