76695c654ffa0e5d5ce42c667148506c English dataset Charlotte Bolton Dorset Wildlife Trust Marine Survey and Data Officer CBolton@dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk pointOfContact 2016-11-15 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700 2006 Tom Kennedy, Portland Harbour Dorset, Snorkel sightings 2013-01-25 publication MRLRC00100000562 Sightings made by Tom Kennedy whilst snorkelling in Portland harbour (2 separate occasions). 1. Snorkel sightings from outfall pipe within 100m of Portland Castle in Portland Harbour. Snorkel done at low tide over mixed rock and muddy sand sea floor, depth 1.5m. 1 Shanny (Lipophrys pholis) and 1 female Black faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) seen. 2. Mixed sand and silt with Portland stone boulders in the harbour, running alongside a storm outfall pipe. Large areas of seaweed seen (mostly Ulva sp.) as well as Fifteen-spine sticklebacks (Spinachia spinachia), Black goby (Gobius niger), Black faced blennies (Tripterygion delaisi) thought to be either all females or non-breeding males, conger eel (Conger conger) and Shannies (Lipophrys pholis). One cushion star seen (Asterina gibbosa), very pale form, almost cream on both sides. Additional comments: 'One Black faced blenny seen defending its territory against another'. Kathryn Dawson No organisation kdawson@dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk originator Carolyn Steele Dorset Environmental Record Centre Record Centre Manager c.a.steele@dorsetcc.gov.uk custodian Peter Tinsley Dorset Wildlife Trust Living Seas Manager Enquiries@derc.org.uk custodian notPlanned Database Marine Environmental Data and Information Network NDGO0005 Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Fish abundance in water bodies SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Marine UNESCO 2003-01-01 creation Biodiversity GEMET 2011-07-06 creation Data is freely available for research or commercial use providing that the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced. 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 30E7 SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision benthic boundary layer SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision infralittoral SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision water column SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision water column boundary layer ICES Statistical Areas 2014-05-16 creation VIIe -2.4464 -2.4463 50.5688 50.5689 2006-07-23 2006-07-30 Dorset Environmental Record Centre Data Manager enquiries@derc.org.uk distributor dataset Original sightings from amateur reported to Dorset Wildlife Trust, validated and entered into Marine Recorder.