Identification

Title

Species point records from 1979-80 Smith west Inverness-shire & north Argyll littoral mollusc survey

Abstract

The report is in two parts - first from Malhaig to Ardnamurchan Point was resurveyed in May 1979 and May 1980. Results reinforce the conclusions in Smith (1978) and Powell et al (1980). That this region is of outstanding marine biological importance. The author emphasises the changes of one off surveys. The second part of the survey extends from the west side of Loch Linnhe and along the south side of Loch Eil. The fauna and flora is considerably reduced here, reflecting the salinity fluctuations. More fully marine conditions were found at Corran Ferry and at Ballachulish. Lochs include Arisaig, nan Uamh, Ailort, Eil, and Linnhe (Leven Narrows - Ballachulish). The author assesses the interest of sites and areas as follows: Grade 1+ Loch nan Uamh, Grade 1 Loch Ailort, Loch Carron (especially Plockton -Portneora), Ballachulish narrows, Grade 2 Arisaig (Traigh Torr Mor is Grade 1), Grade 3 Loch Linnhe-Loch Eil (because its peculiar)

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/45686986-27f9-47ca-a450-2a6e9c93ea43-1979-80-Smith-west-Inverness-shire-north-Argyll-littoral-mollusc-survey.csv

name: 1979-80-Smith-west-Inverness-shire-north-Argyll-littoral-mollusc-survey.csv

Unique resource identifier

code

45686986-27f9-47ca-a450-2a6e9c93ea43

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Smith (1981) Littoral Mollusca of west Inverness-shire and north Argyll (II)

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Marine Recorder

JNCCMNCR10000083

MNCR

Species

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.340633617

East bounding longitude

-4.995455033

North bounding latitude

57.17200171

South bounding latitude

56.50305085

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1979-05-08

End position

1980-05-18

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2001-08-21

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

eng