2012 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Luce Bay benthic camera and grab survey of marine features within the SAC

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• Last updated: 31 December 2014
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Summary

The purpose of this benthic survey in the Luce Bay was to conduct a targeted survey on the extent, distribution and quality of benthic habitats in the Luce Bay and Sands SAC. A drop-down video survey at 138 locations was undertaken in stages between 10th July and 10th September 2012, to investigate benthic habitats, together with a foot based intertidal survey on 4th August 2012 to map the extent of Sabellaria alveolata reefs. Areas where existing evidence suggested the presence of Modiolus and maerl communities were also investigated. Sampling was also undertaken across the site where no previous seabed data has previously been acquired to enhance the existing knowledge base. A benthic grab survey was undertaken on 9th – 10th June 2013 at 16 stations to determine the biotopes of some of the soft sediment areas identified during the drop down camera survey. This survey work in 2012 and 2013 was undertaken by Seastar Survey Ltd, contracted by SNH, from Seastar Survey's own vessel SV Otarie (drop-video) and from a local fishing vessel (grab).

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2020-02-12
• Access contraints: No restrictions on public access
• Harvest GUID: 4183ae575c1d1f5f60e6d6dd528f1287
• Extent: Latitude: 54.8950° to 54.3500°
• Extent: Longitude: -4.9690° to -4.4300°
• Spatial reference system: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
• Dataset reference date: 2014-12-31 (publication)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
• Responsible party: SeaStar Survey (originator); Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters (custodian)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
• Source Metadata: HTML

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Not for navigational use; This survey recorded no species or biotope occurrences that SNH consider as sensitive; all records may therefore be released in response to requests covered by Environmental Information Regulations or Freedom of Information Regulations; additionally its re-use and dissemination is permissible under Open Government Licence terms. Any re-use of this data will acknowledge the copyright owner.