2002 Aquatic Environments. Monitoring of the BNNC sands and mud flats
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Survey name: 2002 Aquatic Environments. Monitoring of the BNNC sands and mud flats This is a collation of surveys to gather data and evidence from a variety of marine environments. The survey purposes vary and include recommended Marine Conservation Zone (rMCZ) Phase I or II verification surveys, condition assessments, surveys of features of Natura 2000 sites (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area), Intertidal surveys, Benthic grab surveys and others. All surveys are carried out to specified standards and follow established methodologies. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year]. Attribution statement: Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].
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https://data.nbn.org.uk/Datasets/GA001574
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Habitats and biotopes
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2002-01-01
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http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england
01/01/2002
31/12/2002
creation
2016-09-30
publication
2016-09-30
notPlanned
"Previous work on the intertidal sediment biotopes and life-forms of Lindisfarne and Budle Bay have been carried out by the Joint Nature Conservation Committees Marine Nature Conservation Review teams (Connor, 1989; Holt, 1994; and Brazier et al 1998) and specific monitoring of the Enteromorpha spp. mats on both Fenham Flats and Budle Bay has also been undertaken by the Environment Agency on an annual basis since 1995 (Peaty, 1996, 1998, 2002, Swaile, 2000). The largest Zostera noltii bed on the east coast of England is located in the southwest corner of Lindisfarne Bay on Fenham Flats and there is concern that the seasonal over-growth by Enteromorpha spp. may cause a decline in this species. The Zostera spp. is an important food source for passage and over-wintering wildfowl and the over-wintering flock of Light-bellied Brent Geese in particular. This study of 5 specific life-forms provides a follow up to a survey carried out by the Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies in 1999 (Allen et al., 1999). This previous survey analysed and mapped both the sediment infaunal communities and the epi-faunal and floral communities of Lindisfarne and Budle Bay, assigning biotope codings to the identified features, in line with the Marine biotope classification for Britain and Ireland (Connor (Ed.), 1997). This 2002 Aquatic Environments survey aimed to map to an accuracy of +/- 5m the position and extent of the gross life-form features listed below. dZostera spp. beds Enteromorpha spp. mats Mytilus edulis beds dThe position of the seaward boundary of the Spartina anglica zone. The results of the Aquatic Environments survey are presented in this report as life- form maps overlaid on the Ordnance Survey landline tiles for the area, the latter supplied by English Nature and reproduced here under their licence No."
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