Identification

Title

Habitat point records from 1986 Portsmouth Polytechnic Kench (Langstone Harbour) survey

Abstract

This study of the macrofauna of The Kench, a small embayment in the Hayling Island shore of Hayling Island, Hampshire, was commissioned by the Nature Conservancy Council in order to provide information on the macrofauna with special regard to invertebrate species of importance as prey items to the avifauna. Small cores were used to capture the smaller animals and large cores for the larger animals. Only three sites were chosen and extensively sampled to ensure a successful catch. The sites were chosen to represent (1) an upper shore feeding ground, (2) a mid shore feeding ground and (3) a low shore site. The sites reflected algal cover variations since they were , respectively: Enteromorpha covered, Ulva covered and bare mud areas. At each site eight cores were taken using plastic drainpipe and placed in polythene bags. Half these cores were 0.0177m^2 area and 0.2 m deep and the other half were 0.0053m^2 by 0.015 m giving a total sampled area of 0.092 m^2. Large cores were put through a 2 mm sieve and small cores through a 0.5 mm sieve.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/4bfd7b01-d593-4023-8d0e-38c69a761d39-1986-Portsmouth-Polytechnic-Kench-Langstone-Harbour-survey.csv

name: 1986-Portsmouth-Polytechnic-Kench-Langstone-Harbour-survey.csv

Unique resource identifier

code

4bfd7b01-d593-4023-8d0e-38c69a761d39

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Smith, Haynes, Thomas (1986) Macrofauna and their use as a food source by birds in the Kench, Langstone Harbour

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Marine Recorder

JNCCMNCR10000663

Habitat

MNCR

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-1.02243107

East bounding longitude

-1.013825274

North bounding latitude

50.79538355

South bounding latitude

50.79095949

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1985-12-10

End position

1986-01-10

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2001-08-29

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

This survey was extracted from a Marine Recorder snapshot.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Comma Separated Values

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence v3.0

Limitations on public access

no limitations

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-05-17

Metadata language

eng