Identification

Title

Species point records from 1987 MNCR Isle of May (Fife) survey

Abstract

The Isle of May lies at the entrance to the Firth of Forth. It is a small island designated as a National Nature Reserve. The coastline of the Isle of May is predominantly rocky with bedrock extending sublittorally onto boulder slopes and cobble and shell gravel plains. Conditions of wave exposure range from sheltered to exposed. The purpose of this study was to survey the range of littoral and sublittoral habitats and communities and assess the nature conservation importance of sites. Fieldwork took place from 1-6 August 1987. Ten littoral and 20 sublittoral sites were surveyed using established MNCR methods. Stations were classified into 28 littoral and 23 sublittoral habitat types. These habitats with their associated communities have been described and species composition listed. A total of 103 littoral and 218 sublittoral species were recorded. The habitats and communities of the Isle of May have been compared with St Abb's Head and the Farne Islands. The Isle of May was found to have a lower diversity of habitats than the other two sites probably due to the uniform and hard nature of the rock type and small area involved. However, a high number of species was found in relation to the small area and limited range of habitats. The shores and sublittoral rock, boulders and cobbles are considered to be of both local and regional importance. Records currently considered sensitive have been removed from this dataset.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/e4564ccc-a177-427a-8c29-d97be24ee794-1987-MNCR-Isle-of-May-Fife-survey.csv

name: 1987-MNCR-Isle-of-May-Fife-survey.csv

Unique resource identifier

code

e4564ccc-a177-427a-8c29-d97be24ee794

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Bennett (1989) Littoral and sublittoral survey of the Isle of May, Fife.

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Marine Recorder

JNCCMNCR10000113

MNCR

Species

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.581398423

East bounding longitude

-2.533457176

North bounding latitude

56.20044481

South bounding latitude

56.17327478

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1987-08-01

End position

1987-08-06

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2007-05-22

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