0db3ca7715ec52a3973569eb7114edeb eng series Kirstanne McDowall SSE Renewables Community Liaison Manager +44(0)141 224 7569 1 Waterloo Street Glasgow G2 6AY kirstanne.mcdowall@sse.com www.sserenewables.com pointOfContact 2014-01-22 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard Version 2.3.7 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP 2005, Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies Ltd, Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm, Characterisation of Subtidal Benthic Ecology and Fish Communities in Relation to the Proposed Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm Development 2005-09-23 publication 2005-09-07 creation 2984 http://data.offshorewind.co.uk/ Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies Ltd (CMACS) undertook a benthic sampling survey in the Southern North Sea during November/December 2004 and April/May 2005 to inform the envirnomental impact assessment for the proposed Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm. There was a suite of offshore ecological survey work comprising drop down camera survey, grab sampling and beam and otter trawling which together provide a benthic ecological characterisation of the proposed development site. Kirstanne McDowall SSE Renewables Community Liaison Manager +44(0)141 224 7569 1 Waterloo Street Glasgow G2 6AY kirstanne.mcdowall@sse.com www.sserenewables.com custodian Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies Ltd. (CMACS) +44 (0)151 327 7177 +44 (0)151 327 6344 80 Eastham Village Road Eastham Wirral CH62 0AW United Kingdom info@cmacsltd.co.uk www.cmacsltd.co.uk originator notPlanned PDF Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Metadata record availability 2012-01-11T07:46:54 revision Marine Biodiversity MEDIN Parameter Discipline Keywords 2012-06-09T02:00:04 revision Consenting The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15T02:00:03 revision Agreement for Lease Area Offshore Cable Corridor The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 Concentration of contaminants Condition of benthic community Marine Strategy Framework Directive criteria 2010-11-11 revision 1 Marine geology SeaDataNet Parameter Disciplines 2008-05-01 revision 3 no conditions apply eng biota environment geoscientificInformation location 1.84471078246673 2.00989469080071 51.7305236781124 51.9829312026005 2004-11 2005-05 Origin: Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies Ltd http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/search?q=#fq=fq%3DProject%253Amde1r2gg0028 download https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/417/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. dataset Grab sampling was planned for August/September 2004 but due to a prolonged spell of unfavourable weather, did not take place until November of that year. Forty-eight of the 76 sites, including 6 triplicate sample sites, were successfully sampled in and around the wind farm array. Grab sampling was carried out as planned in April/May 2005 and 49 of the 62 sites were sampled successfully. The survey vessel was positioned to within 10m of the target point using DGPS and the actual sample position was recorded with sub-2 metre accuracy.