984f6a940ea0116bbcf3f24922bcd5d9 English dataset Dr Paul Butler Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences Lecturer School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, Menai Bridge LL59 5AB p.g.butler@bangor.ac.uk pointOfContact 2021-04-07 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 2011 Bangor University, Irish Sea Arctica Islandica Paul_Butler_Ocean_Quahog_records Arctica_Islandica_ISCZ 2008-07-10 publication 2008-07-10 creation 2008-07-10 revision ISCZ00000006 Records are taken from BUTLER, P. 2009 Establishing the Arctica islandica archive: Development of the definitive shell-based proxy for the North Atlantic shelf seas. PhD thesis, Bangor University. Records Digitised by ISCZ project 2011. Ocean Quahogs are listed as a Species Feature of Conservation Importance under the Ecological Network Guidence. and on the OSPAR List of Threatened and/or Declining Species and Habitats (Region II – Greater North Sea) In Wales, ocean quahogs are a species of principal importance for the purpose of conservation biodiversity under the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 Tom Higginbottom Irish Sea Conservation Zones GIS Officer dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk originator Tom Higginbottom Irish Sea Conservation Zones GIS Officer dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk custodian notPlanned Geographic Information System Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts Shellfish abundance and biomass in water bodies SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Restricted to SNCBs/DEFRA/MMO otherRestrictions Restricted to SNCBs/DEFRA/MMO English biota Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Irish Sea -6.5392 -3.6250 51.4000 54.7083 2008-07-10 2008-07-10 This information was extracted from ESRIISO metadata (incorporating ISO and FGDC elements) using the EsriIsoToMedin xslt version 1.0;ISO Resource created in environment: Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.0 (Build 6002) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770 Tom Higginbottom Irish Sea Conservation Zones GIS Officer dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk distributor dataset Records are taken from BUTLER, P. 2009 Establishing the Arctica islandica archive: Development of the definitive shell-based proxy for the North Atlantic shelf seas. PhD thesis, Bangor University. Data Set Attributes are: Lat/Long- Co-ordinates of the trawl survey, Station ID Fossil Shells- Number of fossil and relict shells found at trawl location Live animals found- the number of live records found at trawl location. Live animals per km2- Number of live animals per km2 by trawls and animals found. Depth, the depth the of the seabed at trawl location (m) Area- the geographic area of the trawl, Date- The date of the trawl, Length of trawl- The length the trawl was applied for (m) Records Digitised by ISCZ project 2011. The SNCBs DEFRA have permision for use of the data non govermental bodies should contact Dr Paul Butler.