52b208fc4f5bba371819fe5f67565643 English series 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 2019-08-09 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4258 2007-2011 Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF) Regional Environmental Characterisation Projects (REC) 2009-08-07 publication 2007-08-30 creation 2011-03-31 revision DASSHSE00000007 http://www.dassh.ac.uk The Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF) commissioned a series of regional surveys to develop understanding of submerged habitats and heritage in Britain. The aim of the Regional Environmental Characterisation (REC) surveys was to acquire data, of the highest quality and detail possible; to enable broad scale characterisation of the seabed habitats, their biological communities and potential historic environment assets within the regions. The Regional Environmental Characterisations (RECs) were conducted in the following areas. South Coast (2007 - 2010) Outer Thames (2007-2009) East Coast (2008 - 2011) Humber (2008 - 2011) 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 no conditions apply 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 Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Southern North Sea -1.9500 2.5433 50.3300 53.8622 2007-08-30 2011-03-31 http://cefas.defra.gov.uk/alsf/projects/rec-projects.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 series The aim of the Regional Environmental Characterisation (REC) surveys was to acquire data, of the highest quality and detail possible; to enable broadscale characterisation of the seabed habitats, their biological communities and potential historic environment assets within the regions. The Regional Environmental Characterisations (RECs) were conducted in the following areas. South Coast (2007 - 2010) Outer Thames (2007-2009) East Coast (2008 - 2011) Humber (2008 - 2011) A number of surveys were conducted during the field cruises for each REC project, biological, geological, sediment characterization. The biological surveys were conducted using a 2m beam trawl to collect benthic species and a 0.1m2 Hamon Grab to collect infauna. Up to 1400 kilometres (3000 kilometres for the East Coast and Humber regions) of acoustic survey data was acquired in each region, as well as seabed samples, video and photographs. The survey data for all RECs have been interpreted and finals reports and seabed maps produced. Geophysical and Environmental Survey data and Operations reports, final reports and interpreted data, including shape files are all available at www.marinealsf.org.uk.