f4cbf45b67c22c715f732ba516e0b659 eng series DONG Energy Power (UK) Ltd Data Manager receplon@dongenergy.co.uk pointOfContact 2014-02-12 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.7 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::32631 2011, RPS/Titan, Gunfleet Sands 3, Pre-Construction Sub-tidal Benthic Monitoring 2011-11-08 publication GFS3-78848819 http://www.dongenergy.com/Gunfleetsands/GunfleetSands/AboutGFS/Pages/default.aspx RPS Planning and Development were commissioned by DONG Energy Power (UK) Ltd. to undertake an assessment of the subtidal benthic ecology in the vicinity of the proposed Gunfleet Sands 3 (GFS 3) export cable route. The assessment included geophysical and environmental sampling of the GFS 3 export cable route, as well as a comparison with historic data collected in the vicinity of the proposed development in order to characterise the benthic ecology of the cable route. The 2002 GFS 1 environmental survey, along with the 2007 GFS 2 pre-construction and 2010 GFS 2 post construction surveys of benthic communities, provided a characterisation of the seabed surface sediments present within the GFS 1 and 2 survey areas, which included the proposed GFS 3 export cable route. Titan Environmental Surveys Limited was commissioned by Gardline Geosurvey Ltd (hereafter referred to as Gardline) on behalf of Dong Energy to conduct a preliminary geophysical investigation of the GFS 3 export cable route. The survey was carried out onboard the MV Titan Endeavour between the 20th and 27th June 2011. A benthic survey in order to ground truth the geophysical data was carried out onboard the Arie Dirk between the 9th and 10th July 2011. Benthic subtidal sediments within the study area were characterised by three broad sediment types: sand and muddy sand sediments dominated the Gunfleet Sands sandbank, coarse sediments were noted on the northern flank of the sandbank and mixed sediments along the northern extent of the export cable route. All data and reports from the geophysical survey can be found in this separate series: "2011, Gardline, Gunfleet Sands 3, Export Cable Survey" DONG Energy Power (UK) Ltd Data Manager receplon@dongenergy.co.uk originator DONG Energy Power (UK) Ltd Data Manager receplon@dongenergy.co.uk custodian notPlanned Documents Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Geology Habitats and biotopes Oceanographic geographical features GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Geology GEMET 2011-07-06 creation Bathymetry and Elevation SeaDataNet PDV 2011-07-13 revision Geotechnics Turbulence in the water column Habitat extent Habitat characterisation Depositional environment SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Marine Gardline 2012-03-16 creation UK project BODC project categories 1992-07-01 creation environment International Standards Organisation ISO19115 Topic Categories 2005-04-27 revision Offshore Cable Corridor The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 Consenting The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision 1 benthic boundary layer SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2013-02-06 revision 4 Side-scan sonar Magnetics Seismic reflection SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2013-08-02 revision 76 echo sounder BODC parameter semantic model analytical method entity descriptions 2013-11-05 revision 79 particle sizers SeaDataNet device categories 2013-04-24 revision 38 Contaminants Global Change Master Directory Science Keyword variables 2007-04-18 revision 4 otherRestrictions No limitations on public access. Available for use providing the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced. English geoscientificInformation biota oceans SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision benthic boundary layer Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Southern North Sea International Hydrographic Bureau, Limits of Oceans and Seas 1954-01-01 creation North Sea SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision bathybenthic SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision soil and sediment 0.9051 1.6989 51.4411 51.8841 2011-06-20 2011-07-10 series This report represents a technical report on benthic ecology of the GFS 3 export cable and is structured as follows. - Introduction and a brief summary of the project (Section 1). - An overview of nature conservation sites, habitats and species, as well as existing environmental data from previous surveys carried out within the vicinity of the GFS 3 export cable route (Section 2). - A summary of the methodology employed for the GFS 3 export cable environmental route survey (Section 3). - A review of the results from the GFS 3 export cable route environmental survey (Section 4). - Discussion of the benthic subtidal ecology of the GFS 3 export cable route (Section 5). https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/561/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site.