Identification

Title

1978 Dorset County Council, Portland Bill to Lyme Regis, Dorset Underwater Survey (DUS) Sublittoral dive survey and littoral survey

Abstract

All these records are related to"Dorset Heritage Coast (1979) - Report of the Third Dorset Underwater Survey" All original recording forms are held at Dorset County Museum. Copies of the forms are held at Dorset Environmental Records Centre. This is the third of the three Dorset Underwater Surveys (1976 - 1978). This survey recorded the wildlife in the underwater areas between Portland Bill and Lyme Regis and concentrated on the mapping of associations and their habitats. A diving team surveyed 35 sublittoral sites between 17.8.1978 and 15.9.1978. An additional 5 sites were surveyed in the littoral zone. The seaward extent of the survey area was variable but reached a maximum of 2.5km from the coast near Seatown. Sites from the littoral zone to 18m below chart datum were visited.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

Unique resource identifier

code

MRLRC00100000525

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

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

creation

effective date

2011-07-06

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

2012-03-16

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.9454

East bounding longitude

-2.4380

North bounding latitude

50.7442

South bounding latitude

50.4579

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Eastern Channel

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Western Channel and Celtic Sea

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

29E6

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

30E6

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

29E7

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

30E7

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

29E8

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

30E8

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1977-08-07

End position

1978-11-05

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-02-14

date type

creation

effective date

1978-11-05

date type

revision

effective date

2013-02-14

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Survey run by Dorset Underwater Survey. All these records are related to"Dorset Heritage Coast (1979) - Report of the Third Dorset Underwater Survey" All original recording forms are held at Dorset County Museum. Copies of the forms are held at Dorset Environmental Records Centre. This is the third of the three Dorset Underwater Surveys (1976 - 1978). This survey recorded the wildlife in the underwater areas between Portland Bill and Lyme Regis and concentrated on the mapping of associations and their habitats. A diving team surveyed 35 sublittoral sites between 17.8.1978 and 15.9.1978. An additional 5 sites were surveyed in the littoral zone. The seaward extent of the survey area was variable but reached a maximum of 2.5km from the coast near Seatown. Sites from the littoral zone to 18m below chart datum were visited.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Data is freely available for research or commercial use providing that the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

No restrictions to public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Record Centre Manager

organisation name

Dorset Environmental Record Centre

email address

c.a.steele@dorsetcc.gov.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

Record Centre Manager

organisation name

Dorset Environmental Record Centre

email address

c.a.steele@dorsetcc.gov.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Living Seas Manager

organisation name

Dorset Wildlife Trust

email address

Enquiries@derc.org.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-02-15

Metadata language