f640e3fcbaa36604359428c58523c751 English series The Crown Estate Marine Data Advisor +44 020 7851 5000 16 New Burlington Place London W1S 2HX enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk pointOfContact 2024-12-30 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 2024, North West Wildlife Trust, Marine Internships, Seagrass Restoration Feasibility Study 2024-12-12 publication MDE-TCE-195-4101 Seagrass can provide vital ecosystem services including habitat provisioning for commercially important fish species, carbon sequestration and protection from coastal inundation and erosion. However, seagrass meadows across the UK and globally have experienced major declines in recent decades. Poor water quality has been identified as a significant driver. Thus, it is important to assess water quality to inform seagrass restoration efforts. This study was requested by the North West Wildlife Trusts to investigate the feasibility of conducting water quality assessments to inform its seagrass restoration project near Roa Island in Cumbria. This investigation evaluated a shore-based and watercraft-based method for water sampling and analysed water quality parameters, including nutrient concentrations, to indicate pollution potential sources in the proposed restoration area in comparison to existing seagrass beds. The findings include recommendations for future water quality assessments and provide insights relevant to seagrass restoration more broadly. The Crown Estate Marine Data Advisor +44 020 7851 5000 16 New Burlington Place London W1S 2HX enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk originator The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 16 New Burlington Place London W1S 2HX enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk custodian notPlanned Documents Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Macroalgae and seagrass taxonomy-related counts Micro-litter in water bodies SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/content/info/terms-of-use otherRestrictions Publicly Available English biota SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision water column -3.5631 -3.0954 54.0439 54.1791 2024-06-12 2024-12-12 The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 16 New Burlington Place London W1S 2HX enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk distributor https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-4101/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. series Lineage within reports