f4beac06-8f73-4cfd-b98f-19d6b9d182b3 English series series 2026-05-05T14:26:05 MEDIN 3.1.2 biota environment geoscientificInformation oceans Sediment grain size parameters SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-04-23 revision Habitat characterisation SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-04-23 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 Habitats and biotopes 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 North Sea SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2020-05-21 revision soil and sediment SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2020-05-21 revision water column 2012-12-14T00:00:00 2012-12-18T23:59:59 0.828491 1.231625 52.948708 53.182847 TCE-1984 Marine Data Exchange 2012, Fugro EMU, Sheringham Shoal, Year 1 Monitoring Benthic Survey Year 1 Monitoring Benthic Survey 2021-05-17T14:06:05 publication English In 2009, EMU Limited (now Fugro EMU Limited) was commissioned the pre-construction survey to inform the application for developing Sheringham Shoal wind farm. The study included assessment of the benthic invertebrate community of the area as well as the presence and extension of any Sabellaria spinulosa reef, an Annex I habitat. The aim of the work was also to establish a baseline repeatable survey to allow the assessment of any change in the benthic community structure potentially attributable to the wind farm construction. As part of the FEPA licence, post-construction environmental monitoring is required during the life of the offshore wind farm. This is fundamental for the understanding of any effect of the development on benthic communities. Accordingly, this report presents results from the post-construction survey carried out in December 2012; these were then formally compared with the results of the pre-construction survey carried out in 2009 (EMU, 2010). This includes comparative assessment of benthic communities, including biotope assessment, and any presence and extent of S. spinulosa aggregations indicated from the pre-construction via drop down video and still images analysis. In the assessment of any temporal epibenthic community and reference site change, reference to the more extensive 2005 survey (Scira Offshore Energy Ltd, 2006), and interim S. spinulosa assessment reports has been made. 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 Fugro EMU Limited +44 (0) 1489 860050 contact@fugroemu.com originator The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk distributor Scira Offshore Energy Ltd +44 (0) 1328 824338 a.blake@scira.co.uk owner notPlanned Documents https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-1984/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 benthic ecology survey was carried out over five days (14/12/12-18/12/12).on board the survey vessel Julie H (Table 3.2). Seabed video, grab and trawl sampling coordinates and any associated field observations are provided in Appendices A-C. Sample positioning including seabed video, grabs and trawls was achieved using Fugro EMU’s Hemisphere Crescent V100 DGPS which has a stated horizontal accuracy of <0.6 m (95% confidence). Navigation and position recording was achieved using Trimble’s HYDROPro software version 2.30.844. The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk pointOfContact EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-12-12 revision WGS 84 / UTM zone 31N