2004 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Moray Firth SAC sublittoral biotope mapping survey

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• Published by: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
• Last updated: 31 December 2016
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The purpose of this benthic survey in the Moray Firth was to map the main sediment features and biota of the subtidal areas of the SAC, to provide a broadscale biotope distribution map of the area, between 3m and 30m below CD. To collect detailed biological information on the seabed species and habitat features present, acoustic remote sensing techniques combined with ground-truthing by drop down video sampling at 228 sites and quantitative infaunal sampling using a Van Veen grab at a subset of 30 sites. This work was conducted by Envision Mapping Ltd for SNH between the 24th July and 12th August 2004. The images, analysed under SNH contract by Dr Colin Moore, were used to describe the nature of the seabed in terms of the physical structure and the species assemblages.

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2021-05-28
• Access contraints: No restrictions on public access
• Harvest GUID: 13eb7922098012a861f81f75733edcc4
• Extent: Latitude: 58.1470° to 57.4520°
• Extent: Longitude: -4.4110° to -3.2450°
• Spatial reference system: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
• Dataset reference date: 2016-12-31 (publication)
• Dataset reference date: 2004-08-08 (creation)
• Dataset reference date: 2016-12-31 (revision)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
• Responsible party: Envision Mapping Ltd (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.