CEFAS3673e50d-9960-4b55-9fb7-8255763d4bf5EnglishdatasetCentre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)Cefas Lowestoft LaboratoryPakefield RoadLowestoftSuffolkNR33 0HTUKdata.manager@cefas.co.ukpointOfContact2022-04-19T10:53:14EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry2022-01-07revisionWGS 84Benthic macrofauna and sediment particle size data from 1969 to the present from multiple sources stored on the OneBenthic databaseOneBenthic dataset2021-07-28publication2022-04-19revision2021-07-15creationCEFAS21270https://data.cefas.co.ukThe OneBenthic initiative brings together disparate benthic datasets (i.e.
seabed macrofauna and sediment particle size) in one cloud-based PostgreSQL
platform. The resulting high-quality, standardised dataset is used to generate
new science, and new innovative and collaborative ways of working. Outputs are
shared via open-access publications and a suite of interactive web apps
(https://openscience.cefas.co.uk/). For further details of the initiative
click here: `https://sway.office.com/HM5VkWvBoZ86atYP?ref=Link`_. This
metadata record relates to the entire dataset, rather than its individual
components and covers a timespan from 1969 to the present.
.. _`https://sway.office.com/hm5vkwvboz86atyp?ref=link`:
https://sway.office.com/HM5VkWvBoZ86atYP?ref=Link
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)Cefas Lowestoft LaboratoryPakefield RoadLowestoftSuffolkNR33 0HTUKdata.manager@cefas.co.ukoriginatorCentre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)Cefas Lowestoft LaboratoryPakefield RoadLowestoftSuffolkNR33 0HTUKdata.manager@cefas.co.ukcustodianCentre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)Cefas Lowestoft LaboratoryPakefield RoadLowestoftSuffolkNR33 0HTUKdata.manager@cefas.co.ukdistributorCentre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)data.manager@cefas.co.ukowner Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)defra.helpline@defra.gov.ukownercontinualBenthosBiodiversityOffshore oil & gasSea bedSpeciesGEMET, version 1.02008-06-01publicationSediment grain size parametersSeaDataNet P02 parameter discovery vocabulary2011-03-25revisionSpecies distributionGEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.02008-06-01publicationSedimentCircalittoralLittoralInfralittoralDeep CircalittoralSeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages2010-05-18revisionMarine Environmental Data and Information NetworkMEDIN metadata record availability2012-01-11publicationotherRestrictionsnoLimitationsotherRestrictionsPublic data - no limitations to reuseEnglishbiota-12.0035.0040.0070.0019692022-04-19Unknownhttps://data.cefas.co.uk/view/21270Cefas Data PortalinformationThe Cefas Data Portal contains metadata records and data sets available to download and connect to in support of our commitment to open science. datasetINSPIRE Data Specification on Species Distribution – Technical Guidelines
2013-12-10publicationfalseSee the referenced specificationCommission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services2010-12-08publicationtrueSee the referenced specificationThe OneBenthic dataset incorporates publicly available benthic data
(macrofaunal abundance, sediment particle size- % weight by sieve size) from
grab and core samples collected by government, industry and academia for
purposes of characterisation, monitoring and research.
Data come from multiple repositories (e.g. Marine Data Exchange:
`https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/`_, UK Benthos:
`https://oguk.org.uk/product/ukbenthos-database-5-14/`_, Eurobis:
`https://www.eurobis.org/`_, JNCC's Marine Recorder) and organisations, both
in industry (e.g. Marine Aggregates, Offshore renewables, Oil & Gas, Ports &
Harbours, Cables) and government (e.g. Cefas, Defra, Environment Agency, JNCC,
Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, Marine Scotland, Nature Scotland,
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Environment
Northern Ireland). The dataset includes data from multiple countries including
the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, France, Germany and
Russia.
Only data deemed to be comparable have been incorporated into the dataset
(i.e. collected and processed in a similar way). Clearly, users of the data
will need to make their own judgements concerning appropriate use of the data.
As new data are continually being added to the dataset, users are directed to
the OneBenthic dashboard (`https://openscience.cefas.co.uk/obdash/`_) for
more information. However, at the time of writing (16/07/2021) there were:
44,360 samples, 810 surveys, 1,379,190 records, 5,428 taxa, 106 data
providers, 44 year timespan (1969-2020), 12 types of grab/core gear (0.1m2
to 0.25m2).
.. _`https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/`:
https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/
.. _`https://oguk.org.uk/product/ukbenthos-database-5-14/`:
https://oguk.org.uk/product/ukbenthos-database-5-14/
.. _`https://www.eurobis.org/`:
https://www.eurobis.org/
.. _`https://openscience.cefas.co.uk/obdash/`:
https://openscience.cefas.co.uk/obdash/
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