2010 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) biological analyses of Marine Scotland Science (MSS) North Westray seabed camera survey

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• Published by: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
• Last updated: 31 December 2011
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• Licence: Other Licence ; View licence information

Summary

The purpose of this benthic survey off North Westray was to improve knowledge of the occurrence and distribution of species and habitats of recognised conservation importance, particularly priority marine features (PMFs), and to ground-truth multibeam data. An underwater video and still photograph survey was conducted by MSS for MSS on the 10th of September 2010 to collect detailed biological information on the seabed species and habitat features present. Drop-down video drift tows were undertaken at 1 site in an area of rapid currents in Westray Firth. 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: 2019-10-14
• Access contraints: No restrictions on public access
• Harvest GUID: c2a6f370f1d4e952d783678361fdeb09
• Extent: Latitude: 59.1997° to 59.1778°
• Extent: Longitude: -2.8981° to -2.8673°
• Spatial reference system: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
• Dataset reference date: 2011-12-31 (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 permissable under Open Government Licence terms. Any re-use of this data will acknowledge the copyright owner.