Identification

Title

Species point records from 1979 NCC Uists sublittoral survey

Abstract

The report is in two parts, describing i) marine and ii) brackish sites in the Uists. Marine sites include Lochs Skipport, Eynort and Eport, and some west coast sites near the Monarch Isles. Brackish sites include Loch an Duin, Oban a Calachain, Loch Obisay and Loch Bec. Brief descriptions of marine communities are given and comments on a difference between the west coast of Uist, with extensive shallow offshore rock, and the east coast with deep water close inshore, and more silty areas near the sea-lochs. Species recorded by Nicol 1936 are included in the species lists for the brackish lochs. Brief descriptions of each site are given, with tables of abundance of species found. Salinity and temperature data are presented for the brackish lochs. This survey reconfirmed the interest and conservation importance of the brackish lochs: Loch an Duin, Oban a Calachain and Loch Obisary. Loch Eynort, was the most interesting of the three sea-lochs surveyed and would probably be considered as a prime site in a full marine nature conservation review. Only two sites were surveyed off the Monachs in the very extensive kelp beds. Although not stated in the report, it is considered that the area around the Monarchs NNR would make an ideal marine nature reserve representative of Laminaria hyperborea forest. Loch Obisary, Loch Eynort and the Monarchs have all been identified as having intertidal areas of prime marine biological importance by the NCC contract intertidal survey unit. Records currently considered sensitive have been removed from this dataset.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/1e38fec0-63ca-4b87-8322-4269b13fb902-1979-NCC-Uists-sublittoral-survey.csv

name: 1979-NCC-Uists-sublittoral-survey.csv

Unique resource identifier

code

1e38fec0-63ca-4b87-8322-4269b13fb902

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Dipper, Mitchell (1980) Sublittoral survey of selected marine and brackish water ecosystems of the Uists, Outer Hebrides.

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Marine Recorder

JNCCMNCR10000059

MNCR

Species

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-7.652747288

East bounding longitude

-7.055204958

North bounding latitude

57.65624028

South bounding latitude

57.22275882

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1979-05-18

End position

1979-05-29

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2001-08-29

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