Identification

Title

Marine Habitat Classification for Britain and Ireland

Abstract

This site presents the national classification of sea floor marine habitats for Britain and Ireland. The expandable classification hierarchy below lists all types, from broad habitat level to sub-biotope level, in hierarchical order. The different levels in the hierarchy are colour-coded and are hyperlinked to the descriptions for each individual type.

Resource type

service

Resource locator

https://hub.jncc.gov.uk/assets/c1be5bce-e6d9-4584-97e4-6d5d189751a2

name: JNCC ResourceHub Page

Unique resource identifier

code

c1be5bce-e6d9-4584-97e4-6d5d189751a2

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Seabed Habitats and Geology

Habitat classification

Marine Habitats

MNCR

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-10.0

East bounding longitude

3.0

North bounding latitude

62.0

South bounding latitude

49.0

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1990-01-01

End position

2015-03-01

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2015-03

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

The first official release of the classification (version 97.06) was developed by JNCC's Marine Nature Conservation Review as part of the EC Life Nature-funded BioMar project (Connor et al. 1997 a, b). Version 04.05 was released following an update in 2004 (Connor et al., 2004). The current version (15.03) was released in 2015 following the addition of a deep-sea section (Parry et al., 2015). Connor et al .1997 a, b: https://mhc.jncc.gov.uk/resources/#version9706 Connor et al. 2004: https://mhc.jncc.gov.uk/resources/#version0405 Parry et al. 2015: https://mhc.jncc.gov.uk/resources/#version1503

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

None

Limitations on public access

None

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-01-31

Metadata language

eng