e1b80c44-cd8f-4a31-895e-68b72fa1a640 English series series 2026-08-05T08:33:03 MEDIN 3.1.2 biota environment geoscientificInformation oceans Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-06-19 revision Sediment grain size parameters SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-06-19 revision Habitat characterisation SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-06-19 revision Habitat extent SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-06-19 revision Post-Construction monitoring The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision Renewable Energy Lease area The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision Offshore area of search The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision Offshore Cable Corridor The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2009-07-31 revision Soil GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2009-07-31 revision Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2009-07-31 revision SeaDataNet sea areas 2012-11-07 revision English Channel SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2020-05-21 revision soil and sediment 2010-05-17T00:00:00 2010-05-18T23:00:00 1.046 1.445 51.62 51.87 TCE-555 Marine Data Exchange 2010, CMACS, Gunfleet Sands 1 and 2, Year 1 Benthic Monitoring Year 1 Benthic Monitoring 2010-12-01T00:00:00 creation 2021-05-17T13:39:43 publication English This project details the methodologies and findings of the 2010 Gunfleet Sands benthic grab survey, the first post-costruction benthic monitoring survey. This survey was conducted during May 2010 by the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies Ltd (CMACS) from the survey vessel Aquadynamic. The survey undertaken forms part of the FEPA Environment Monitoring Programme (document 02-04-00747). The FEPA licence stipulates that benthic sampling should be undertaken in order to investigate possible changes to the marine benthic communities of the area; such investigations must also be closely linked to possible changes to sediments. The grab survey was carried out in 2010 from 17th to 19th May from the Survey Vessel Aquadynamic operating out of Shotley Marina. There will be no limitations when published on the Marine Data Exchange otherRestrictions Data Must be used in accordance to the Marine Data Exchange's Terms of Use: https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/content/info/terms-of-use otherRestrictions The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk custodian Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies Ltd info@cmacsltd.co.uk originator The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk distributor Orsted info@orsted.com owner notPlanned Delimited Documents https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-555/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. 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 2010-12-08T00:00:00 publication Conformity with the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 was either not relevant to this dataset or not a requirement of the Marine Data Exchange for the creation and submission of this dataset; therefore, conformity has not been assessed and cannot be declared False series The survey programme was identical to baseline (2007) survey and comprised twenty nine grab stations within and around the windfarm area. An additional position (Site 30) was added whilst in the field at the request of the client. Triplicate samples were taken at each sampling site except for Site 30 where a single sample was taken for descriptive purposes. Sample locations are displayed in Figure 2. The grab survey was carried out in 2010 from 17th to 19th May from the Survey Vessel Aquadynamic operating out of Shotley Marina. Grab samples were obtained using a 0.1m2 Day grab; this was an equivalent design to that used in the 2007 benthic survey. The grab was deployed using a hydraulic winch while the vessel was held stationary over the target by dynamic positioning linked to differential GPS, providing sub-m positional accuracy for the vessel and 1-3m accuracy for the deployed grab depending on water depth and currents. Upon retrieval of a successful grab, position co-ordinates in UTM, date, time and water depth were recorded (details in Appendix 1 and Appendix 2). Thomas Walsh GIS and Data Coordinator +442078115200 thwal@dongenergy.co.uk pointOfContact EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-12-12 revision WGS 84 / UTM zone 31N