Identification

Title

Habitat point records from 1985 NCC Loch Sween sublittoral survey

Abstract

Loch Sween, in the Sound of Jura, south-west Scotland, has been selected as a proposed Marine Nature Reserve by the NCC. A considerable body of information exists on the sublittoral habitats of the Loch Sween system. NCC has contributed to this by extensive and intensive sublittoral surveys of the loch (Earll, 1982; Lumb, 1986). Sublittoral studies have generally concentrated on the 'arms' of Loch Sween and on the sill systems present, areas of particularly high scientific interest. There is a requirement for additional information on the sublittoral habitats and communities within the main body of the loch and in the approaches to Loch Sween. This is necessary for further assessment of the scientific interest and conservation importance of these areas, to assist selection of the PMNR boundaries and to provide information on management requirements. This report contains the results of sublittoral survey work carried out in 1985 using a mixture of diving and remote-sampling techniques. The habitats and communities recorded within the area are described. The results of previous year's surveys have not been incorporated into this report, nor is a detailed assessment of the scientific interest and conservation importance made. Several communities were recorded for the first time during this survey. The majority were found in the approaches to Loch Sween. There is now a relatively comprehensive coverage of the Loch Sween area. Some additional work may be required and this is indicated in the report. Records currently considered sensitive have been removed from this dataset.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/98f45f4e-c989-497d-bcd6-82a3e9137e51-1985-NCC-Loch-Sween-sublittoral-survey.csv

name: 1985-NCC-Loch-Sween-sublittoral-survey.csv

Unique resource identifier

code

98f45f4e-c989-497d-bcd6-82a3e9137e51

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Lumb, Hiscock (1990) Loch Sween sublittoral survey, August 25 - September 6 1985

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Marine Recorder

JNCCMNCR10000267

Habitat

MNCR

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-5.729796786

East bounding longitude

-5.566970579

North bounding latitude

56.05569254

South bounding latitude

55.91149932

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1985-08-25

End position

1985-09-06

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2007-05-22

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