Identification

Title

Broadscale mapping of habitats in the Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary, Scotland

Abstract

A biotope mapping survey of the intertidal and subtidal habitats within the Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary cSAC was undertaken in the summer of 2002, by a collaborative research group from the University of St Andrews, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh University and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). Mapping of the intertidal area of the cSAC was accomplished principally through the employment of satellite imagery. This imagery was ground truthed by data from intertidal surveys. This information supplemented the existing knowledge on the distribution of marine communities and sediments within the cSAC and all this information was used to produce a series of biotope classification maps. Additional information source: Bates, C. R., Moore, C. G., Malthus, T., Mair, J. M. and Karpouzli, E. (2004). Broad scale mapping of habitats in the Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary, Scotland. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 007 (ROAME No. F01AA401D).

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/c9114577-c2ab-4d4b-91b8-069b05c16b79-GB000357.zip

name: GB000357.zip

Unique resource identifier

code

c9114577-c2ab-4d4b-91b8-069b05c16b79

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Bates, C. R., Moore, C. G., Malthus, T., Mair, J. M. and Karpouzli, E. (2004). Broad scale mapping of habitats in the Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary, Scotland. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 007 (ROAME No. F01AA401D).

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Seabed Habitats and Geology

GB000357

Corpulent

MNCR

R3300

Nature Conservation

Research

AGDS

Diver survey

Dredges

Grabs

Intertidal survey

Satellite imagery

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-3.304632

East bounding longitude

-2.69198

North bounding latitude

56.489184

South bounding latitude

56.34448

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2002-07-25

End position

2002-12-25

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2003-12-31

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Classification system details: Classified according to MNCR 97.06 scheme with some local modification

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Geospatial (vector polygon)

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Released under the 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

owner

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

2018-06-14

Metadata language

eng