a4104f783874ee600988109954e8bfc1 English dataset 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 pointOfContact 2016-11-15 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.2 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700 1995-1999 Limaria hians in Loch Fyne 2000-12-31 publication 1995-01-01 creation 2000-12-31 revision MRMLN00200000023 http://www.dassh.ac.uk Marine benthic species abundance data from a five year study in Loch Fyne, carried out between 1995-1999, carried out by the University of Glasgow. Species were recorded as 1 = species found attached to nests of Limaria hians. 2 = species mainly vagile on nests of Limaria hians. 3 = species mainly found in nests of Limaria hians. Jason Hall-Spencer University of Plymouth, Institute of Marine Studies Drake Circus Plymouth PL4 8AA jason.hall-spencer@plymouth.ac.uk originator Service Desk Schlumberger Schlumberger Information Solutions Schlumberger Service Desk cdahelp@slb.com custodian notPlanned Database NDGO0001 Habitats and biotopes Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Habitat characterisation Habitat extent Fish abundance in water bodies Shellfish abundance and biomass in water bodies Zoobenthos generic abundance 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 200 English biota 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 -5.3606 -5.3407 56.0029 56.0223 1995-01-01 1999-12-31 Hall-Spencer, Moore (2000) Limaria hians (Mollusca: Limacea): a neglected reef-forming keystone species. 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 Following work on Maerl beds in European waters (BIOMAERL team 1999) attention was raised to a neglected type of bigenic reef; limaria hians. The university of glasgow carried out this study - The surveys (conducted 1999) involved over 80 30-60 minute dives and sampling with a 0.1m2 van Veen grab. a list of macroflora and invertebrate macrofauna found on six discrete nests from the Creag Gobhainn area of Loch Fyne was compiled in 1998-99. Six 'nests' of a similar size and shape, were collected being roughly circular as seen from above, ranging from 23 to 30cm in diameter. A diver gently lifted each nest off the seabed by hand quickly encased it in a strong plastic bag, which was tied closed and placed in a second plastic bag to retain the nest and its contents. The bagged samples were stored in seawater at 10oC overnight. The next day each nest was laid in a tray of clean seawaterd while the macrofauna and flora were removed with forceps. Once surface dwelling organisms were removed, the nests were teased apart to remove the burrowing inhabitants. Before discarding the suspension of broken nest material and seawater was washed through a 1mm sieve and picked through once more with forceps to remove organisms for identification.