Identification

Title

Vulnerable Concentrations of Seabirds to Oil Spills 1995

Abstract

Seabird concentrations are especially vulnerable to oil pollution, and may become contaminated by oil wherever concentrations occur at sea, sometimes at considerable distance from the coast. This data highlights the most vulnerable aggregations for each month of the year in offshore waters based on their abundance in each statistical rectangle and their vulnerability to the effects of oil pollution. The data was compiled in 1995. Points represent centre of 1/4 ICES Rectangle (15' lat x 30' long). Seabird observations were captured manually or electronically from navigational equipment (e.g. GPS). Calculated values were derived from sea surveys collected for the European Seabirds at Sea Database. The monthly data layers are visualised on Natural England's MAGIC site http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx. For more information about seabirds at sea data please see JNCC's website http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4469.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/9454f1bd-b3f7-4620-8836-0e5642d83d96-VCSOS-1995-201807.zip

name: VCSOS-1995-201807.zip

Unique resource identifier

code

9454f1bd-b3f7-4620-8836-0e5642d83d96

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Human Activities

Pressures

Seabird Surveys

Seabirds

Oil and gas industry

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-36.723479

East bounding longitude

38.632292

North bounding latitude

71.175544

South bounding latitude

42.94618

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1995-08-01

End position

1995-08-01

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2018-07-26

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Seabird observations captured manually or electronically from navigational equipment (e.g. GPS). Calculated values derived from sea surveys collected for the European Seabirds at Sea Database.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Limitations on public access

None

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

owner

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

2018-07-27

Metadata language

eng