c60b0e11c7b825e3ed7540447a7880c3 English dataset DASSH Data Manager Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 01752 426237 info@mba.ac.uk pointOfContact 2025-09-17 MEDIN 3.1.2 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2021-01-06 revision WGS 84 1996 Plymouth City Council Jennycliff and Batten Bay intertidal marine wildlife survey 1996-03-04 publication DASSHDT00000481 https://www.dassh.ac.uk/ The study area was identified by English Nature as an area important for its marine wildlife (Sensitive Marine Area) and a Special Area of Conservation (pSAC). Several of the habitats and their associated communities identified during this study are rarely recorded and may represent the best examples of their type within Britain. The dataset in the report contains MNCR biotope data of the Jennycliff and Batten bay area. All biotope recordings were made using the criteria outlined by Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). It is concluded that continued coastal development and increased recreational use of the study area will likely result in degradation of these important marine wildlife features. Plymouth City Council +44 (0)1752 668 000 enquiries@plymouth.gov.uk owner DASSH Data Manager Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 01752 426237 info@mba.ac.uk custodian Camplin Mike Devon Wildelife Trust Marine Survey Officer dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk originator DASSH Data Manager Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 01752 426237 info@mba.ac.uk distributor notPlanned Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2025-09-17 revision NDGO0005 NDGO0005 2025-09-17 revision Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-09-28 revision Biodiversity indices Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed Habitat characterisation Habitat extent SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2021-09-28 revision Biodiversity GEMET 2011-07-06 revision otherRestrictions Open access otherRestrictions Open Government Licence - https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 biota environment oceans -4.1343 -4.1226 50.3531 50.3606 SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation English Channel SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation Plymouth Sound Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Western Channel and Celtic Sea ICES Rectangles 2021-01-06 creation 29E5 ICES Statistical Areas 2021-01-06 creation VIIe 1996-02-19 1996-02-23 SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 revision littoral Delimited https://doi.org/10.17031/63f497b7b9b11 DOI link Data download link download dataset MEDIN data guideline for ad-hoc sightings and non-effort or quantitative based visual surveys of marine life 2018-10-08 publication See the referenced specification Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication All methodology used during the field work conducted for this study was similar to that developed by the JNCC for the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). (Hiscock, 1990). At each site the main features of physical, biological and conservation interest were established. The physical and biological characteristics of key habitats and/or biological subzones were noted. The abundances of conspicuous species were estimated using abundance scales developed for the MNCR. All survey data including field records, reviews literature and photographic details are kept as original copies and held on the Devon Wildlife Trust copy of the MNCR marine database. Additional information from previous surveys of a similar nature was incorporated into this report. This data has been reviewed against the DASSH Quality Assessment Criteria (http://doi.org/10.17031/64ccec5c7ba72) and been categorised as medium/low quality.