WFD Rocky Shore Macroalgal Species

• Published by: Environment Agency
• Last updated: 14 June 2024
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• Licence: Other Licence ; View licence information

Summary

This record is for Approval for Access product AfA129. Information regarding the presence of macroalgal species on rocky shores monitored for the Water Framework Directive ecological assessment of transitional and coastal waters of England and Wales. Monitoring follows the Reduced Species List method outlined in the UK Technical Advisory Group method statement. Data are from intertidal rocky shores. The shore is searched for a set time period and the presence of identified algae, from the WFD Reduced Species List, recorded. Rocky Shore Macroalgal Species data were updated as new monitoring data were made available. Monitoring occured June to September with records being updated after the sampling season. The extracted data is a subset of the full dataset and only includes data collected/owned by the Environment Agency. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2014. All rights reserved.

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WFD_Rocky_Shore_Macroalgal_Species.zip	ZIP	14 June 2024	Not available

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2024-06-12
• Access contraints: There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
• Harvest GUID: 786ad44f-d465-11e4-8be2-f0def148f590
• Extent: Latitude: 55.816° to 49.943°
• Extent: Longitude: -6.236° to 2.072°
• Spatial reference system: http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
• Dataset reference date: 2007-01-01 (creation)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
• Responsible party: Environment Agency (pointOfContact)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
• Source Metadata: HTML

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