Identification

Title

Habitat point records from 1985 BMNH Kent & Sussex littoral chalk-cliff algal survey

Abstract

Algal habitats and communities on the chalk cliff coastline of Kent and Sussex were assessed by direct observation. Summarised accounts of the main observations are presented. Due to the geological characteristics of upper chalk, habitat and algal communities are best developed on the Isle of Thanet. Communities are relatively rarely present elsewhere in Kent and Sussex. However, only 8% (less than 2 km) of the Thanet coastline remain as natural chalk cliff. Because of the unique algal vegetation, it is strongly recommended that the remaining lengths of natural chalk cliff habitat be assigned conservation status and further coastal development be strongly opposed.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/127832c4-eb5e-48be-b8c9-7bd7c1a6bac1-1985-BMNH-Kent-Sussex-littoral-chalk-cliff-algal-survey.csv

name: 1985-BMNH-Kent-Sussex-littoral-chalk-cliff-algal-survey.csv

Unique resource identifier

code

127832c4-eb5e-48be-b8c9-7bd7c1a6bac1

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Tittley (1985) Chalk cliff algal communities of Kent and Sussex, southeast England

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Marine Recorder

JNCCMNCR10000217

Habitat

MNCR

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

0.152622025

East bounding longitude

1.463093844

North bounding latitude

51.39581887

South bounding latitude

50.73472653

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1985-10-21

End position

1985-10-24

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2001-08-21

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

This survey was extracted from a Marine Recorder snapshot.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Comma Separated Values

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence v3.0

Limitations on public access

no limitations

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

custodian

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

2018-05-17

Metadata language