Bangor University School of Ocean Science (SOS) Survey of Sabellaria Reefs at Criccieth North Wales (2001)

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• Last updated: 31 December 2001
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UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) priority habitats cover a wide range of semi-natural habitat types, and were those that were identified as being the most threatened and requiring conservation action under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP). The UK BAP habitats and species lists have been used to draw statutory lists of priority habitats as required under Section 42 of the Natural Environmental and Rural Communities (NERC) Act 2006. Sabellaria alveolata reefs are formed by the honeycomb worm Sabellaria alveolata, a polychaete which constructs tubes in tightly packed masses with a distinctive honeycomb-like appearance. These reefs can be up to 30 or even 50 cm thick and take the form of hummocks, sheets or more massive formations. Reefs are mainly found on the bottom third of t he shore, but may reach mean high water of neap tides and extend into the shallow subtidal in places. Few studies have directly examined the S.alveolata associated communities and the majority of which, were conducted abroad. Studies have been undertaken using quantitative sampling of algae and epifaunal communities, studying reefs around the UK, however, no examination was made of infauna. This dataset is made up of the results of an investigation into the faunal and floral communities associated with intertidal Sabellaria alveolata reefs at Criccieth, North Wales. The aims of the study were to provide further information regarding the dynamics of the flora/epifauna and infauna communities associated with S. alveolata reefs in the UK.

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2019-01-31
• Access contraints: This dataset is wholly owned by Bangor University. NRW have received permission to release, publish or disseminate the data freely. There are no access restrictions on this data.
• Harvest GUID: 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313132383632
• Extent: Latitude: 53.51206700° to 51.24082900°
• Extent: Longitude: -5.77774100° to -2.60886500°
• Spatial reference system: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::WGS84
• Dataset reference date: 2001-12-31 (publication)
• Dataset reference date: 2001-12-31 (revision)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
• Responsible party: University of Wales, Bangor. School of Ocean Sciences (custodian, originator); Natural Resources Wales (NRW) (custodian)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
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© Bangor University, 2014. NRW have received permission to release, publish or disseminate the data freely. Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose. Attribution statement: © Bangor University, 2014 Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved.