2012 - 2012 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Dover to Folkestone - Marine Conversation Zone (MCZ) PSA Data 2012
PSA
4 PSA samples collected at Dover to Folkestone The data were collected for the Marine Conversation Zones Project funded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
dataset
http://data.cefas.co.uk/#/View/3831/
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CEFAS15ec99a7-69af-4f37-aa10-7914a9db5595
http://www.cefas.co.uk/
eng
OGP
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
N/A
inlandWaters
revision
2011-03-25
publication
2008-06-01
publication
2008-06-01
1
1.5
51.25
51
revision
2010-05-18
2012-03-10
2012-03-15
publication
2020-09-15
notPlanned
Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) are a new form of Marine Protected Area (MPAs) created under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 which will protect a range of nationally important habitats and species. By protecting these species and habitats MCZs will contribute to a network of MPAs in the UK, together with existing MPAs (European Marine Sites, and marine elements of SSSIs and Ramsar sites) and other national designations being planned in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This means the MPA network will be a collection of areas that work together to provide more benefits than an individual area could on its own. Natural England and JNCC will provide detailed advice to Public Authorities on the sensitivity of MCZ habitats and species following designation. The sediment samples were processed by Cefas following the PSA methodology recommended by the National Marine Biological Analytical Quality Control (NMBAQC) Scheme (Mason, C. 2011. NMBAQC's Best Practice Guidance. Particle Size Analysis (PSA) for Supporting Biological Analysis. National Marine Biological AQC Coordinating Committee, 72pp, December 2011). In summary, a subsample was removed and laser diffraction completed on 1mm dry sieved at 0.5φ intervals. The 1mm. Sieve and laser data were merged to produce a complete Particle Size (PS) distribution at 0.5φ intervals. The final results were quality assured, cross-checking PS results with field descriptions and grab photographs. All data has been made available under the Open Government Licence ( `http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/`_ ). Interpreted data may be liable to change. .. _`http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/`: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Public data (Crown Copyright) - Open Government Licence Terms and Conditions apply
Public data (Crown Copyright) - Open Government Licence Terms and Conditions apply
Data Manager
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK
+44 (0)1502 562244
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Data Manager
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK
+44 (0)1502 562244
custodian
Data Manager
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK
+44 (0)1502 562244
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