ce31490cab415563826d3944f439e4f2 English series Scrira Project Manager +44(0) 1502 548 264 Scira Offshore Wind Energy Ltd Hamilton House Battery Green Road Lowestoft NR32 1DE info@scira.co.uk http://www.scira.co.uk/ pointOfContact 2007-08-03 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard Version 2.3.5 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP 2006, Scira Offshore Energy Ltd., Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm, Environmental Statement, Appendix 9.1: Epifaunal Assessment 2005-11-03 publication 2005-11-01 creation 712 http://data.offshorewind.co.uk/ This project examines epifaunal surveys that were undertaken at the site of the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm. The Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies (IECS) have carried out a number of benthic surveys in recent years within the Greater Wash area and nearshore coastal margins and as such, have been able to characterise the infaunal invertebrate assemblage present throughout the area. Whilst the infauna has been reasonably well documented, the epifaunal assemblage remains significantly less so, despite the fact that the epifauna probably forms the basis of major food webs throughout the inshore area. For the greater part, many previous studies have concentrated on the infaunal assemblage as a tool for monitoring, and as a result of this, the importance of the epifauna, in terms of its contribution to the invertebrate diversity, coastal fisheries and ecology of the inshore coastal margins has been under estimated. The proposed offshore development may potentially impact the infauna, epifauna and fish communities present not just within the turbine box and adjacent waters, but also along the cable route. In order to fully assess the faunal communities throughout the general area, an epifaunal survey was carried out to compliment data collected on the infauna and the fish assemblage, and contribute to the baseline studies. Scrira Project Manager +44(0) 1502 548 264 Scira Offshore Wind Energy Ltd Hamilton House Battery Green Road Lowestoft NR32 1DE info@scira.co.uk http://www.scira.co.uk/ custodian Scrira Project Manager +44(0) 1502 548 264 Scira Offshore Wind Energy Ltd Hamilton House Battery Green Road Lowestoft NR32 1DE info@scira.co.uk http://www.scira.co.uk/ originator unknown pdf Consenting The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision 1 Agreement for Lease Area The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2018-09-07 revision 109 Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Marine Environmental Data and Information Network no conditions apply eng biota environment 1.07422162145914 1.22448867986637 53.0961222170913 53.1743332557592 2005-11 2005-11 Origin: Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies dataset https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/1953/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site.