2003 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Sound of Arisaig Site Condition Monitoring survey

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• Published by: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
• Last updated: 31 May 2004
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Summary

The purpose of the current study was to initiate site condition monitoring (SCM) of the inshore sublittoral sediment habitats of the cSAC. This was done to establish a baseline biological dataset that would facilitate the assessment of the condition of the inshore sublittoral sediment habitats in the future and to allow a judgement to be formed on the current condition of these habitats. The approach taken to achieve these aims was to perform an extensive dropdown video survey of the biotopes (habitats and their associated species) of the cSAC, concentrating on the shallow inshore sediments. Characterisation of the subsurface fauna and sediment composition of the main sediment biotopes was performed by means of grab sampling. Detailed surveying of the sea bed and subsurface communities at selected maerl sites was carried out using diving techniques.

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2019-10-24
• Access contraints: no restrictions to public access
• Harvest GUID: 6f23acb42fc942ffa1c235cb733de09f
• Extent: Latitude: 56.9024° to 56.7328°
• Extent: Longitude: -5.9670° to -5.6665°
• Spatial reference system: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
• Dataset reference date: 2004-05-31 (publication)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
• Responsible party: Colin Moore (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 occurences 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.