2013 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) biological analyses of Marine Scotland Science (MSS) West of Mainland Orkney benthic camera survey

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• Published by: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
• Last updated: 31 December 2014
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Summary

The purpose of this benthic survey (cruise 1013A) west of Mainland Orkney was to improve knowledge of the occurrence and distribution of species and habitats of recognised conservation importance, particularly priority marine features (PMFs), because the area is one of a number of proposed renewable energy locations. An underwater video survey were conducted by MSS for MSS between the 29th-31st July 2013 to collect detailed biological information on the seabed species and habitat features present. Drop-down video drift tows were undertaken at 46 sites. Analyses on the images, commissioned by SNH, were used to describe the nature of the seabed in terms of the physical structure and the species assemblages. MSS used the vessel FRV Alba na Mara for this survey.

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2019-10-22
• Access contraints: No restrictions on public access
• Harvest GUID: 4f99ddf45c5a8af58d8aacaee130aaf0
• Extent: Latitude: 59.2589° to 58.9484°
• Extent: Longitude: -3.5728° to -3.2051°
• Spatial reference system: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
• Dataset reference date: 2014-12-31 (publication)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
• Responsible party: No organisation (originator); Scottish Natural Heritage, Inverness (custodian)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
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Not for navigational use; This survey recorded no species or biotope occurences that SNH consider as sensititive; 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.