Identification

Title

Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Project

Abstract

Scotland’s coastlines and waters are a special place for marine habitats and wildlife. The Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Project encourages everyone to get involved in the survey and monitoring of marine life in their local waters. Through this project we are working directly to increase participation in marine biodiversity surveying in Scotland. This includes working to improve survey skills and increase the knowledge base within communities, providing access to suitable equipment, and supporting community-led survey planning, fieldwork and data management. A Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Handbook was co-created as part of the project. Most communities collecting data follow the Handbook survey methods and use the corresponding recording forms. Community data are validated and verified according to the project data journey and supporting guidance. The Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Project is a partnership between communities and groups across Scotland, NatureScot and Fauna and Flora International, funded by the William Grant Foundation.

Resource type

series

Resource locator

Unique resource identifier

code

CLMProject

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Additional information source

https://www.nature.scot/communitymarinesurvey

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2008-01-06

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2011-07-06

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009-11-16

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2012-03-16

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2017-05-12

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-7.8967

East bounding longitude

-0.3381

North bounding latitude

60.9462

South bounding latitude

54.9963

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2018-10-01

End position

2022-03-28

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2022-01-13

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

Community-led survey and data collection. Survey methods and data recording forms used can be found in the Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Handbook. Communities and groups follow data validation and verification steps as set out in the project's data guidance documents.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Data are available according to the conditions set out in the individual datasets.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

No restrictions to public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Project Officer

organisation name

NatureScot (HQ Inverness)

email address

communitymarinesurvey@nature.scot

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Project Officer

organisation name

NatureScot (HQ Inverness)

email address

communitymarinesurvey@nature.scot

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Project Officer

organisation name

NatureScot (HQ Inverness)

email address

communitymarinesurvey@nature.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-03-28

Metadata language