Identification

Title

Scottish Natural Heritage Kentra Bay and Moss SSSI Site Condition Monitoring

Abstract

The principle purpose of this project is to carry out site condition monitoring (SCM) of the intertidal sediment flats of Kentra Bay and Moss SSSI site. SCM was inaugurated at this SSSI site in 2003, providing a baseline for future SCM surveys. The study approach taken aims to enable re-surveying of 16 relocatable stations along 5 transects that are representative of the biological and environmental diversity of the sediment flats in the SSSI in order to 1) establish a baseline biological dataset to facilitate future assessment; 2) identify any deterioration in the condition of the mudflat feature; and 3) to form a judgement on its current condition.

Resource type

series

Resource locator

Unique resource identifier

code

GB-SCT-SNH-CMEU-SCM-KBM

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

imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

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

revision

effective date

2009-11-16

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2011-02-16

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

creation

effective date

2006-08-31

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2017-05-12

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-5.8853

East bounding longitude

-5.8327

North bounding latitude

56.7661

South bounding latitude

56.7368

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Minches & Western Scotland

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

42E4

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1954-01-01

code identifying the extent

Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-05-16

code identifying the extent

VIa

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-01-01

code identifying the extent

littoral

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2003-08-28

End position

2018-03-13

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2004-03-03

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Sampling for the SCM surveys take place at a series of relocatable stations along 5 transects that are chosen to reflect the biological and environmental diversity of the sediment flats in the SSSI. The transects (KA to KE), which include a total of 16 sample stations, are laid out perpendicular to the shore and to low water channels at the seaward end. Each station lies within a perceived habitat zone identified from the physical appearance and biological surface features. The positions of both stations and zone boundaries are recorded. At each station 8 cores of 10.3 cm diameter and 15 cm depth are taken for analysis of macrofauna, along with a single core of 3.4cm diameter and 20 cm depth for particle size anlaysis. The macrofaunal cores from each station are pooled and sieved through a 1 mm sieve. At one station along each transect an additional 3 replicate sets of 8 pooled cores are taken and treated as above. A record of any surfical biota is made by photographing five replicate randomly placed 0.25 m2 quadrats and noting incidental visual records. In addition, approximately 1 m2 of sediment is dug-over using a spade, to a depth of about 30 cm to check for the presence of any infauna which might not have been effectively sampled by the cores and estimates of their density made using the SACFOR scale. All transects and stations have their positions fixed by hand-held differential GPS using WGS84 datum.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011-02-02

degree

true

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2018-01-23

degree

true

explanation

See the referenced specification

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Not for navigational use; SNH copyright data which is available for re-use under government licence terms: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

no restrictions to public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage, Inverness

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage, Inverness

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage, Inverness

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-11-21

Metadata language