9018f7e1e8a04d3d6d423adffdb3610a English dataset Marine GI Data Natural England Natural England +44 (0)300 060 3900 +44 (0)300 060 2356 Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green York YO1 7PX enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk pointOfContact 2022-12-01 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 2013 Natural England Verification Survey of Intertidal Sediments within the Beachy Head West rMCZ NERC_DDC DATA_GOV 2013-03-26 publication 2013-03-18 creation 2013-03-26 revision GB003002 http://https://www.gov.uk/natural-england A Natural England commissoined verification survey of intertidal sediments within the Beachy Head West rMCZ. Phase I Biotope mapping was carried out across the rMCZ for broad scale habitats where intertidal coarse sediment occurred. Phase II Infaunal sampling was carried out to provide information on the benthic infaunal assemblages and particle size distribution of the study sites by means of core sampling. Sediment surface scrapes were obtained for heavy metals and organic contaminants analysis. The data was used to produce a EUNIS Level 3 boradscale habitat map of the Beachy Head West rMCZ. Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd marine@seasurvey.co.uk originator Marine GI Data Natural England Natural England +44 (0)300 060 3900 +44 (0)300 060 2356 Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green York YO1 7PX enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk custodian notPlanned Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Sediment Type none 2011-01-20 creation Habitats and biotopes INSPIRE THEMES 2011-02-16 creation Biodiversity GEMET 2011-07-06 creation Biodiversity indices SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Species Distribution INSPIRE 2017-05-12 creation http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/open-government-licence-NE-OS_tcm6-30743.pdf otherRestrictions No restrictions to public access English biota -0.0925 0.1578 50.8118 50.8118 2013-03-17 2013-03-18 Marine GI Data Natural England Natural England +44 (0)300 060 3900 +44 (0)300 060 2356 Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green York YO1 7PX enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk distributor https://data.gov.uk/dataset/333cc819-3d8f-44c7-a0c5-e869be5bbad4/2013-natural-england-verification-survey-of-intertidal-sediments-within-the-beachy-head-west-rmcz A link to the web service or dataset http://https://data.gov.uk/dataset/333cc819-3d8f-44c7-a0c5-e869be5bbad4/2013-natural-england-verification-survey-of-intertidal-sediments-within-the-beachy-head-west-rmcz A link to the general host site dataset Aerial imagery and OS mapping was digitised to produce baseline maps of biotope boundaries. The maps were annotated in the field to identify biotopes and boundaries as well as significant features. In addition, intertidal sediment cores were taken at 6 stations (0.01m2 cores 3 replicates at each station) distributed throughout the Beachy Head West rMCZ, in order to assess the benthic species present, along with an additional sample for Particle Size Analysis. Samples were sieved over a 0.5mm sieve. Sediment scrape samples were also taken at 3 stations for Tributyl tin, heavy metal and organic contaminant analysis. The methods used for data collection and processing followed protocols and standards for biotope mapping and sampling. If any sensitive species or biotope records are present within this dataset, they will have been removed. If you wish to request access to sensitive species records, please contact the metadata contact. The UK Sensitive Species list has been agreed by UK statutory bodies and relevant experts. It can be viewed here https://docs.nbnatlas.org/sensitive-species-list/. Please note sensitive species lists can vary across the UK.