Greater Haig Fras rMCZ Broad Scale (EUNIS) Habitats
Broadscale habitat (EUNIS level 3) for Greater Haig Fras recommended Marine Conservation Zone (rMCZ). A broadscale habitat feature class was created to illustrate predicted extent of broadscale habitats present at Greater Haig Fras rMCZ. These broadscale habitats include 'High energy circalittoral rock', 'Moderate energy circalittoral rock', 'Subtidal coarse/mixedsediment', 'Subtidal sand' and 'Subtidal mud' as determined from particle size analysis of sediment samples and descriptive analysis of still images from underwater camera data. The assigned classes at each ground-truth station were used to inform the semi-automated process of map production using object-based image analysis (OBIA). Additional information source: Downie, A., Murray, J., Brown, L. (2015) Greater Haig Fras rMCZ Post-survey site Report. Defra contract reference: MB0120, report number: 31, version 6. http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Document.aspx?Document=12833_GreaterHaigFrasrMCZ_SummarySiteReport_V6.pdf
dataset
http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/ef56ce4c-db23-44ad-8b51-2dc3551a048a-GB001518.zip
name: GB001518.zip
ef56ce4c-db23-44ad-8b51-2dc3551a048a
eng
Downie, A., Murray, J., Brown, L. (2015) Greater Haig Fras rMCZ Post-survey site Report. Defra contract reference: MB0120, report number: 31, version 6. Accessed via http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Document.aspx?Document=12833_GreaterHaigFrasrMCZ_SummarySiteReport_V6.pdf [2017-04-07]
environment
Marine
Seabed Habitats and Geology
Greater Haig Fras
GB001518
EUNIS
Grabs
Multibeam echo sounder
Video Tows
-8.2
-7.36
50.5
50.08
2011-03-27
2014-03-28
publication
2015-03-10
Classification Scheme: EUNIS habitats and a separate FOCI layer. Associated datasets: GB001519 Currently in draft - awaiting feedback from small holes in dataset picked up in Data Ingestion Protocol.
Geospatial (vector polygon)
Unknown
Available under the Open Government Licence v3.0
None
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC
distributor
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC
pointOfContact
2018-09-01