5acc3478-120a-4780-a878-78057708c4ba
English
dataset
Peter Tinsley
Dorset Wildlife Trust
Living Seas Manager
Enquiries@derc.org.uk
pointOfContact
2021-05-04
MEDIN Discovery metadata standard
2.3.8
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
1991 University of Southampton, Wytch Lake and Channel, Dorset, Benthic and sediment box corer survey
2013-01-25
publication
MRLRC00100000539
All these records relate to "Jensen, Collins, Ovenden (1991) - Benthic survey of Wytch Lake and Channel, March 1991" A copy of the report is held at BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd, Wareham, Dorset.
This survey was carried out following a spill of water-soluble degreasing agent on 8th March 1991 in Wytch Lake, a narrow creek off Wytch Channel. This latter channel opens into Poole Harbour. Shortly after the spill the sediments of the Lake and Channel were sampled at 14 stations. The Department of Oceanography, University of Southampton, was commissioned to report on the benthic infauna and sediment granulometry of the samples. Thirteen stations were sampled in Wytch Lake and Wytch Channel plus a control station (Station 15) in Redhorn Lake. Samples were taken during second high water using a small box corer. The surface area sampled at each site was 0.0225 m sq. It was not possible to sample site 10. Station 15 was selected as a control station, but as it contained a number of species not recorded at Wytch Lake and the sediment granulometry was markedly different, it was not used as a comparison for this assessment. Samples were sieved using a 500 micrometre sieve. N.B. Co-ordinates of stations not given, so locations estimated from schematic map of sampling sites in the report.
Dr. Ken Collins
National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton
kjc@noc.soton.ac.uk
originator
Antony Jensen
National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton
Senior Lecturer
acj@noc.soton.ac.uk
originator
Data Manager BP Exploration & Production
BP Exploration and Production
Data Manager
BP - Offshore Systems, EPTG
Chertsey Road
Sunbury on Thames
TW16 7LN
dassh.enquires@mba.ac.uk
custodian
notPlanned
Database
Documents
Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
NDGO0005
Geology
Human health and safety
Hydrography
Species distribution
Utility and government services
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2008-01-06
revision
Bottom Texture
Seabed Texture Boundaries
2010-09-18
creation
Marine
UNESCO
2003-01-01
creation
Biodiversity
GEMET
2011-07-06
creation
Pollution events
Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance
Sediment grain size parameters
SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary
2009-11-16
revision
Data is freely available for research or commercial use providing that the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced.
otherRestrictions
No restrictions to public access
English
geoscientificInformation
health
inlandWaters
biota
Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas
2009-06-18
creation
Eastern Channel
ICES Rectangles
2009-05-01
creation
30E7
ICES Rectangles
2009-05-01
creation
30E8
-2.0438
-1.9674
50.6710
50.6925
1991-03-14
1991-03-14
Data Manager BP Exploration & Production
BP Exploration and Production
Data Manager
BP - Offshore Systems, EPTG
Chertsey Road
Sunbury on Thames
TW16 7LN
dassh.enquires@mba.ac.uk
distributor
dataset
Survey run by Southampton Oceanography Centre for the BP Exploration Operating Company.
This survey was carried out following a spill of water-soluble degreasing agent on 8th March 1991in Wytch Lake, a narrow creek off Wytch Channel. This latter channel opens into Poole Harbour. Shortly after the spill the sediments of the Lake and Channel were sampled at 14 stations. The Department of Oceanography, University of Southampton, was commissioned to report on the benthic infauna and sediment granulometry of the samples. Thirteen stations were sampled in Wytch Lake and Wytch Channel plus a control station (Station 15) in Redhorn Lake. Samples were taken during second high water using a small box corer. The surface area sampled at each site was 0.0225 m sq. It was not possible to sample site 10. Station 15 was selected as a control station, but as it contained a number of species not recorded at Wytch Lake and the sediment granulometry was markedly different, it was not used as a comparison for this assessment. Samples were sieved using a 500 micrometre sieve.