2da55047767c53efb589a4a5b88fbb00 English series "Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science" ALSF-MEPF Secretariat  +44(0)1502524228 Lowestoft Laboratory patricia.falconer@cefas.co.uk www.alsf-mepf.org.uk/default.asp pointOfContact 2010-11-18 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard Version 2.3.5 WGS84 UTM 31N OGP 2010 - 2011, British Geological Survey, The MALSF synthesis study in the central and eastern English Channel Synthesis survey 2011-03-21 publication 21353 The need for effective stewardship of the marine environment through integrated management, balancing the requirements for development and exploitation with nature conservation and legislation, has been widely recognised. However, implementing such a strategy requires a significant knowledge of the nature of the sea bed. Acquiring such knowledge in the central and eastern English Channel has been a focus of the Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF) since 2005. The MALSF has funded a series of surveys to acquire high resolution data and its subsequent interpretation, along with other data, using a multi-disciplinary approach including geologists, biologists and archaeologists. This study presents a synthesis and summary of the results and outputs of these previous studies aimed at a wider public audience in an accessible and relatively simple format, complementing the published scientific reports and datasets that have been produced. This synthesis report has as its core two regional environmental characterisation (REC) studies, the Eastern English Channel Marine Habitat Map (EECMHM) and the South Coast REC. The principal objectives for the EECMHM and South Coast RECs and this synthesis study include geological interpretations to characterise the rock and sediments, ecological interpretations of the marine biology, and integrating the geology and biology to provide maps of sea bed habitat. Archaeological objectives include characterising and mapping wrecks and objects on the sea bed, and also characterising the potential of the area to contain submerged sites of prehistoric occupation. The amalgamated data from these two REC studies plus further data in the two new areas has been re-assessed to provide a harmonised interpretation for the whole synthesis study area. The synthesis study has also enabled a new analysis of the biological and geological characteristics of the study area and the production of a new biotope interpretation and map, based on a modified EUNIS classification. The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 1 St James's Market London SW1Y 4AH United Kingdom enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk custodian British Geological Survey, Keyworth +44 (0)115 936 3100 +44 (0)115 936 3200 Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth Nottingham Nottinghamshire NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk http://www.bgs.ac.uk originator notPlanned ".cod .cnv .sgy .doc .txt .shp .xls" Research The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision 1 Research and Development Activity The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 Sedimentary structure Habitat characterisation Habitat extent Bathymetry and Elevation Fishery characterisation Marine archaeology Sediment acoustics Side-scan sonar Seabed photography Sediment grain size parameters Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2018-02-13 revision 107 Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Marine Environmental Data and Information Network exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor copyright eng biota environment geoscientificInformation oceans -0.014963 0.978183 50.595093 50.910969 2010-03-08 2010-03-18 Presentation type: documentDigital Supply media: dvd Origin: British Geological Survey http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/search?q=#fq=fq%3DProject%253Amde4malsf15000 download https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/1261/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. dataset Survey data was collected by British Geological Survey between 08/03/10 and 18/03/10. The data analysis and report writing were conducted by BGS in 2010. The BGS survey number is 2010/02