ebebb332b27c4be09a287eed476f2e4c English dataset Natural England Marine Data Manager +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 2016-09-19 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 2002 The Environment Agency (EA) and English Nature (EN), The Wash, sublittoral grab survey 2005-12-31 publication NATENG000218 http://www.naturalengland.org.uk Report detailing the results of a sublittoral survey of the Wash undertaken in 2002. The survey is part of a routine Environment Agency (EA) macrobenthic survey of the Wash, however some changes were made. Whilst all survey sites were sampled, the mesh size used was increased to 1.0mm (0.5mm in previous years) to reduce time and expense. As a result, direct comparison with previous years is not always possible. Natural England Marine Data Manager +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 originator Data Manager Environment Agency Environment Agency, Bristol Head Office Data Manager enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk originator Natural England Marine Data Manager +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 Delimited Documents Geographic Information System Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Geology Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed Sediment grain size parameters SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Accessible under NE and DASSH terms and conditions otherRestrictions Accessible under NE and DASSH terms and conditions English geoscientificInformation biota Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Southern North Sea ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 34E9 ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 35E9 ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 34F0 ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 35F0 0.0000 0.6194 52.7945 53.1039 1991-08-01 2002-12-31 Natural England Marine Data Manager +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 dataset Report detailing the results of a sublittoral survey of the Wash, undertaken in 2002, as part of a routine Environment Agency (EA) macrobenthic survey of the area. Previous years had used 0.5mm sieves (1991, 1993 and 1999) with some 1.0mm sieves (in 1991 only) whilst this 2002 survey used 1.0mm sieves only. As a result, direct comparison is only possible with those sites surveyed in 1991 using a 1.0mm sieve. All 66 sites were surveyed, with three Day grab samples taken at each. The samples were sieved on board the boat and analysed. The sediment was characterised and the infauna assessed - including faunal density, types at each site etc. The distribution of certain species is presented. Data from all four survey years is presented and comparisons made where possible. In addition, biotope maps are presented for all four survey years.