Identification

Title

Habitat point records from 1983 Smith Mull littoral survey

Abstract

31 sites were surveyed on Mull. Further work is recommended, as Mull is a large area. The authors admit that algae, sponges, smaller crustacean and bryozoa in particular were under-recorded, with emphasis on mollusca. The area was divided into 3 parts for survey and assessment. North and west Mull was the richest for variety of habitats and species. Eastern Mull had least variety, with Ross of Mull in between. The authors suggest that eastern Mull has more affinities with the Firth of Lorne while north and west Mull are more Hebridean (?inner) in character. Asteria gibbosa was recorded from 5 stations in north-west Mull. An assessment of sites is given, bearing in mind the limitations of the survey:- Ross of Mull: Eiban Fheoir (Grade 2, possibly) - variety Loch Scridain Head (Grade 1) - wierd and interesting place; salinity varies and is a complex site. North and west Mull: Rubha Baile no h-Airde (Grade 1) - variety of pools and lagoons. Sound of Ulva (Grade 2) Calgary Bay and Rubha nan Oireau (Grade 2) Sgeir Dearg (Grade 2) - intertidal rock platforms. Calve Island - Doirlinn a Chailbhe (Grade 1) - Zostera bed and large bivalve molluscs. The authors consider that it would be of considerable importance to survey Ulva and Gometra. Site and species lists are appended, with abundances. The present survey was undertaken concurrent with a survey by divers, who concentrated on the north end of Mull and the Sound of Mull for logistic reasons - see R584 Bishop G.M. (1984). Records currently considered sensitive have been removed from this dataset.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/c8d5f919-11fb-4770-be0b-6c4ee8bfd036-1983-Smith-Mull-littoral-survey.csv

name: 1983-Smith-Mull-littoral-survey.csv

Unique resource identifier

code

c8d5f919-11fb-4770-be0b-6c4ee8bfd036

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Smith, Gault (1983) The shores of Mull: marine flora and fauna. Bishop (1984) Report of the Mull expedition, June 4-18, 1983

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Marine Recorder

JNCCMNCR10000085

Habitat

MNCR

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.738730644

East bounding longitude

-5.61965274

North bounding latitude

56.69539304

South bounding latitude

56.27445376

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1983-06-06

End position

1983-06-17

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