Identification

Title

2002 English Nature (EN) Tweed Estuary, littoral sediment survey

Alternative title(s)

MRNE01340000004A

Abstract

Survey name: 2002 English Nature (EN) Tweed Estuary, littoral sediment survey This is a collation of surveys to gather data and evidence from a variety of marine environments. The survey purposes vary and include recommended Marine Conservation Zone (rMCZ) Phase I or II verification surveys, condition assessments, surveys of features of Natura 2000 sites (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area), Intertidal surveys, Benthic grab surveys and others. All surveys are carried out to specified standards and follow established methodologies. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year]. Attribution statement: Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.nbn.org.uk/Datasets/GA001574

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name:

description: Natural England Access to Evidence Catalogue

Unique resource identifier

code

57ebd6a8-08d0-46c6-9253-547c27854df6

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

OpenData

Keyword set

keyword value

NEbatch3

Keyword set

keyword value

Habitats and biotopes

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2002-10-08

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.08

East bounding longitude

-1.98

North bounding latitude

55.78

South bounding latitude

55.75

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

08/10/2002

End position

11/10/2002

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2016-09-30

date type

publication

effective date

2016-09-30

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

In order to support the cSAC Scheme of Management there is a need to obtain standardised infaunalin the intertidal mud/sand habitats of the Tweed and to produce baseline maps of thesediment types, and their associated communities (referred to as biotopesto act as a baselinefuture management and monitoring of the cSAC.aims of the present study were to establish the extent and distribution of the intertidal softbiotopes within the Tweed Estuary according to the MNCR Biotope Classification (Connoret al. 1997)reference was made to the presence and extent of Enteromorpha and other ephemeral algalwith an assessment being made on any alterations to the underlying communities caused by theof such species.objectives of this particular survey as defined by English Nature were therefore as follows: To carry out a Phase 1 survey of the intertidal zone of the mud and mud/sand habitats of the To map the biological and physical diversity of the habitats and their location, extent andby producing biotope distribution maps (in particular, noting the location and extentEnteromorpha communities); To provide the geographical information upon which other more detailed Phase 2 surveys can bewhich could be used to obtain information on the frequency and abundance of speciesthe physical characteristics of the sediment.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Comma Separated Values file (CSV)

version of format

11.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Natural England

email address

data.services@naturalengland.org.uk

web address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england

description: Natural England Website

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Natural England

email address

data.services@naturalengland.org.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2019-03-18

Metadata language

eng