Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) MCZ: Cape Bank: Multibeam, Benthic Sampling and Video survey CPBK_CEND2514: Western Channel & Celtic Sea (17/11/2014 to 17/12/2014)
Multibeam survey collecting bathymetry and backscatter to give full coverage with existing coverage from previous survey in 20XX. WGS84 latitude and longitude co-ordinates collected by Differential Global Positioning System (D-GPS), depths corrected to Chart Datum (CD). Raw and processed data delivered to Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK (Cefas) complete with georeferenced mosaics and GeoTiffs images. Drop Camera collecting video and still images of the seabed habitats within Cape Bank rMCZ.Grab survey collecting PSA and benthin infaunal samples from seabed habitats within Cape Bank rMCZ. These data are archived with the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centres (DACs) including the British Geological Survey (BGS) DAC for geology and geophysics, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) bathymetry DAC.The full site data package (excluding raw bathymetry) is also available on request from BGS.
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Sample equipment types used included: Grab: Amon or Hamon. CEFAS was contracted to undertake the survey on behalf of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. MultibeamData gathered on Cefas cruise code CEND2514. Acquisiton software = Kongsberg SIS. Processing software = Caris HIPS. Replacement Motion Reference Unit (MRU) fitted on 13 Feb 2012. Drop camera video and grab samples gathered on Cefas cruise code CEND2514.
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UK
+44 (0)131 667 1000
+44 (0)131 668 4140
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2024-04-18