68d1725fcd19e17f8d4294a9ea1d40f2 English dataset Stuart Higgs Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk pointOfContact 2016-11-15 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.2 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700 2003 Irish Sea off Anglesey Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) benthic survey 2004-01-01 publication 2003-07-02 creation 2004-01-01 revision MRMLN00400000013 http://www.dassh.ac.uk In 2003 as part of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Irish Sea Pilot (ISP) project areas of seabed were surveyed to fill gaps in ecological data that the ISP project had managed to gather from desk studies This dataset is of Marine benthic species abundance data from surveys conducted to the northwest and west of Anglesey Paul Robinson Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) - Marine Conservation Branch, Peterborough Monkstone House City Road Peterborough PE1 1JY paul.robinson@jncc.gov.uk originator Becky Seeley Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk custodian notPlanned Database NDGO0001 Geology Habitats and biotopes Land cover Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Habitat characterisation Macroalgae and seagrass taxonomy-related counts Seabed photography Sediment acoustics Sediment grain size parameters Side-scan sonar Shellfish abundance and biomass in water bodies Macroalgae generic abundance in water bodies Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Habitats and biotopes INSPIRE THEMES 2011-02-16 creation Released under DASSH terms and conditions otherRestrictions Released under DASSH terms and conditions 100 English geoscientificInformation biota imageryBaseMapsEarthCover biota SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision benthic_boundary Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Irish Sea International Hydrographic Bureau, Limits of Oceans and Seas 1954-01-01 creation Irish Sea and St. George's Channel -5.5190 -4.3188 53.0097 54.0098 2003-07-02 2003-07-04 Dan Lear Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk distributor http://www.dassh.ac.uk dataset Collected as part of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Irish Sea Pilot (ISP) project areas of seabed were surveyed to fill gaps in ecological data that the ISP project had managed to gather from desk studies. The dataset held by DASSH relates to samples collected using a 0.1m2 Day grab carried out at five stations to the northwest and west of Anglesey. Four replicate samples were taken at each station. Samples were checked for adequacy and a photographic record was made of the whole sample for future reference. Samples were sieved using a mesh size of 1mm2 and then preserved using 40% w/v Formalin solution. Samples were sorted and identified down to species level (or lowest determinable taxonomic level). Colonial animals such as hydroids were identified as present.