Identification

Title

2014 Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Fifth of Forth and Forth Estuary Intertidal Seagrass Survey

Abstract

Trial Intertidal seagrass survey at several sites in the Firth of Forth and Forth Estuary, Scotland for EU Water Framework Directive Monitoring using the WFD (Angiosperm) Intertidal Seagrass tool. The tool looks at the species composition of the seagrass bed, the density (as percent cover) and the extent of the seagrass bed.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://doi.org/10.17031/1759

name: DOI URL

description: A link to the web service or dataset

http://https://www.dassh.ac.uk

name: A link to the DASSH website

description: A link to the general host site

Unique resource identifier

code

DASSHDT00000450

codeSpace

http://https://www.dassh.ac.uk

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

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

2003-01-01

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

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-3.5728

East bounding longitude

-3.5837

North bounding latitude

56.0587

South bounding latitude

56.0570

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Northern North Sea

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

40E6

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

41E6

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

2014-08-27

End position

2014-08-28

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2021-10-20

date type

creation

effective date

2014-08-28

date type

revision

effective date

2014-08-28

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Data was collected by Marine Science staff in SEPA. If any sensitive species or biotope records are present within this dataset, they will have been removed. If you wish to request access to sensitive species records, please contact the metadata contact. The UK Sensitive Species list has been agreed by UK statutory bodies and relevant experts. It can be viewed here https://docs.nbnatlas.org/sensitive-species-list/. Please note sensitive species lists can vary across the UK.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open access; Open Government License (OGL)

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Open access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Angus Smith Building

email address

dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Angus Smith Building

email address

dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH)

full postal address

Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill

Plymouth

PL1 2PB

telephone number

01752 633102

facsimile number

01752 633291

email address

dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

organisation name

Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Angus Smith Building

email address

dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-08-09

Metadata language