e7f5199504b71518f5410eee19eef941 English series NatureScot (HQ Inverness) Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Project Officer communitymarinesurvey@nature.scot pointOfContact 2023-07-03 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Project 2022-01-13 publication CLMProject Scotland coastlines and waters are a special place for marine habitats and wildlife. The Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Project encourages everyone to get involved in the survey and monitoring of marine life in their local waters. Through this project we are working directly to increase participation in marine biodiversity surveying in Scotland. This includes working to improve survey skills and increase the knowledge base within communities, providing access to suitable equipment, and supporting community-led survey planning, fieldwork and data management. A Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Handbook was co-created as part of the project. Most communities collecting data follow the Handbook survey methods and use the corresponding recording forms. Community data are validated and verified according to the project data journey and supporting guidance. The Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Project is a partnership between communities and groups across Scotland, NatureScot and Fauna and Flora International, funded by the William Grant Foundation. NatureScot (HQ Inverness) Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Project Officer communitymarinesurvey@nature.scot originator NatureScot (HQ Inverness) Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Project Officer communitymarinesurvey@nature.scot custodian asNeeded Delimited Marine Environmental Data and Information Network NDGO0005 Habitats and biotopes Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Biodiversity GEMET 2011-07-06 creation Habitat extent Habitat characterisation Macroalgae and seagrass taxonomy-related counts SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Marine Gardline 2012-03-16 creation Species Distribution INSPIRE 2017-05-12 creation Data are available according to the conditions set out in the individual datasets. otherRestrictions No restrictions to public access English biota biota -7.8967 -0.3381 54.9963 60.9462 2018-10-01 2023-07-03 https://www.nature.scot/communitymarinesurvey NatureScot (HQ Inverness) Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Project Officer communitymarinesurvey@nature.scot distributor series Community-led survey and data collection. Survey methods and data recording forms used can be found in the Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Handbook. Communities and groups follow data validation and verification steps as set out in the project's data guidance documents.