Identification

Title

1994 Environment and Resource Technology Ltd (ERT), Portland Bill to Kimmeridge Bay, van Veen grab macrobenthic survey

Abstract

All these records relate to "Environment and Resource Technology Ltd (1994) - Marine Environmental Survey off the Dorset coastline within UKCS blocks 97/14 and 15: Macrobenthic survey (ERT 94/075) September 1994". A copy of the report is held at Dorset Environmental Records Centre. This survey was carried out by Environment and Resource Technology Ltd (ERT) for Amoco. The area between Portland Bill to Kimmeridge Bay was surveyed, including Portland Harbour. 77 seabed samples were obtained from 74 different locations between 16-26 September 1994. Four different sampling methods were used due to the range of sedimentary substrata occurring in the survey area. The majority of samples (63) were taken by van Veen grab (sample size 0.1m2). These were then hand-sifted through both 1.0 and 0.5mm mesh and sorted into major faunal groups for counting and identification to species level by specialist taxonomists. The species lists entered into this database relate to the 1.0mm mesh results. Positions were fixed using DGPS with NAVBOX software and are given on the WGS84 spheroid.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

Unique resource identifier

code

MRLRC00100000530

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2008-01-06

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2003-01-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2011-07-06

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009-11-16

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.4450

East bounding longitude

-2.1692

North bounding latitude

50.6319

South bounding latitude

50.4925

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Eastern Channel

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Western Channel and Celtic Sea

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

29E7

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

30E7

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

29E8

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

30E8

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1994-09-16

End position

1994-09-26

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-02-12

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

This survey was carried out by Environment and Resource Technology Ltd (ERT) for Amoco. The area between Portland Bill to Kimmeridge Bay was surveyed, including Portland Harbour. 77 seabed samples were obtained from 74 different locations between 16-26 September 1994. Four different sampling methods were used due to the range of sedimentary substrata occurring in the survey area. The majority of samples (63) were taken by van Veen grab (sample size 0.1m2). These were then hand-sifted through both 1.0 and 0.5mm mesh and sorted into major faunal groups for counting and identification to species level by specialist taxonomists. The species lists entered into this database relate to the 1.0mm mesh results. Positions were fixed using DGPS with NAVBOX software and are given on the WGS84 spheroid.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Data is freely available for research or commercial use providing that the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced. CC BY 4.0

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

No restrictions to public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

DASSH, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitat Data

email address

dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

Record Centre Manager

organisation name

Dorset Environmental Record Centre

email address

c.a.steele@dorsetcc.gov.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Living Seas Manager

organisation name

Dorset Wildlife Trust

email address

Enquiries@derc.org.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-04-16

Metadata language