Identification

Title

Sound of Harris - Biotopes

Abstract

The Sound of Harris is a topographically complex marine area situated between North Uist and Harris in the Outer Hebrides. Very little is known of the marine biota of the area but it is likely to be largely unmodified by anthropogenic influences. An increased knowledge of the marine biotope distribution in the Sound of Harris is desirable in order to assess the potential impacts of any proposed future developments in the area. Specifically, proposals to build access causeways linking Hebridean Islands are increasingly under consideration. Such developments have the potential to radically modify environmental conditions in neighbouring marine habitats. This study utilised satellite imagery, underwater acoustic sensing techniques and biological ground surveys to develop a biotope distribution map of the area and relate this distribution to prevailing environmental conditions. Additional information source: Malthus, T.J., Harries, D.B., Karpouzli, E., Moore, C.G., Lyndon, A.R., Mair, J.M., Foster-Smith, B., Sotheran, I. and Foster-Smith, D. (2006). Biotope mapping of the Sound of Harris, Scotland. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 212 (ROAME)

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/132f1706-8152-446b-bbf3-5a2f3d388f2a-GB000945.zip

name: GB000945.zip

Unique resource identifier

code

132f1706-8152-446b-bbf3-5a2f3d388f2a

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Malthus, T.J., Harries, D.B., Karpouzli, E., Moore, C.G., Lyndon, A.R., Mair, J.M., Foster-Smith, B., Sotheran, I. and Foster-Smith, D. (2006). Biotope mapping of the Sound of Harris, Scotland. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 212 (ROAME)

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Seabed Habitats and Geology

GB000945

Corpulent

MNCR

R3541

Show on webGIS

Translated to EUNIS

AGDS

Diver survey

Diver video

Drop camera

Grabs

Satellite imagery

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-7.088157

East bounding longitude

-6.963905

North bounding latitude

57.749944

South bounding latitude

57.642099

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2005-08-08

End position

2005-08-14

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2007-06-30

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Associated datasets: GB000651; GB000944

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Geospatial (vector polygon)

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Released under the 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

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

2018-06-14

Metadata language

eng