fad95d795d1ed8733b53b508ff3a8097 English dataset NatureScot (HQ Inverness) data_supply@nature.scot pointOfContact 2025-06-04 MEDIN 3.1.2 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2021-01-06 revision WGS 84 2012 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Ballochmartin Bay SSSI site condition monitoring survey 2014-12-31 publication GB-SCT-SNH-ME-000197-MRSNH02400000002-BB Marine Recorder GB-SCT-SNH-ME-000197-MRSNH02400000003-BB Marine Recorder GB-SCT-SNH-ME-000197-MRSNH02400000004-BB Marine Recorder GB-SCT-SNH-ME-000197-MRSNH02400000005-BB Marine Recorder GB-SCT-SNH-ME-000197-MRSNH02400000006-BB Marine Recorder GB-SCT-SNH-ME-000197-MRSNH02400000007-BB Marine Recorder GB-SCT-SNH-ME-000197-MRSNH02400000008-BB Marine Recorder GB-SCT-SNH-ME-000197-MRSNH02400000009-BB Marine Recorder NS-000197 NatureScot project ID The main purpose of this intertidal survey of the Ballochmartin Bay SSSI, undertaken by Aquatic Survey and Monitoring Ltd. (ASML) for SNH on the 19th and 20th April 2012, were to provide sufficient information for site condition assessment. Intertidal sediment infauna and epibiota species abundance data and associated habitat descriptors were collected in-situ. Some baseline data were also collected for future SCM, including some infaunal core samples taken for laboratory analysis. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters Data Manager 01463 725000 data_supply@nature.scot owner NatureScot (HQ Inverness) NatureScot Data Manager data_supply@nature.scot custodian Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters Data Manager 01463 725000 data_supply@nature.scot originator Esther Hughes Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk distributor notPlanned Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2025-06-04 revision NDGO0005 NDGO0005 2025-06-04 revision Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-09-28 revision Habitat characterisation Habitat extent Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2021-09-28 revision otherRestrictions Not to be used for navigation. Native oyster was recorded during survey. SNH Sensitive species policy regards instances of Native oyster (Ostrea edulis) species occurrences and instances of biotope Ostrea edulis beds on shallow sublittoral muddy mixed sediment (SS.SMx.IMx.Ost/ SS.IMX.Oy) as sensitive, as commercial fishing is threatening stocks. As such SNH would not release such records in response to an Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 request at a resolution below that provided by a otherRestrictions Restrictions on public access due to sensitive species recorded, only available at 20km by 20km resolution English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 biota environment oceans -4.9036 -4.8878 55.7643 55.7922 SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Irish Sea ICES Rectangles 2021-01-06 creation 40E5 2012-04-19 2012-04-20 SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 revision infralittoral SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 revision littoral ASML. 2014. Baseline survey and mapping of intertidal features within selected Scottish SSSIs. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 754. Database Marine Recorder Documents Published report Geographic Information System shapefile Image dataset MEDIN data guideline for sediment sampling by grab or core for benthos 2011-01-28 publication See the referenced specification true 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 This intertidal data from Ballochmartin Bay was collected during a survey run for SNH by ASML on the 19th and 20th April 2012. An in-situ survey methodology was used, based on the methodology developed in Wales as a basis for broadscale mapping and monitoring of large sediment features in marine SACs. This method required in-situ identification of key species and species groups, from both surface features and in sieved samples, and description of physical characteristics. This level of identification is thought to normally provide adequate data for identification of biotopes to level 4 or 5 of the national biotope classification and some semi-quantitative data for monitoring changes over time. To avoid bias to a particular area or feature and to complete surveying within short-timescales, the sediment survey locations were based on a pre-determined grid of stations. At each station a single 0.01m2 core sample was taken and sieved through a 1mm mesh sieve, photographs of the habitat and the core were recorded, visual inspection of a small representative sample of the sediment was undertaken with the aid of a grain-size comparator and notes were also made on the conspicuous epibiota and other features of the habitat within a 5m radius of the core sample position. Biological analysis of the infauna samples was carried out by ASML (Tom Mercer). Granulometry analyses on sediment samples was carried out by Hebog, Bangor. All analyses were carried out using standard laboratory methods and protocols.