2014 Natural England condition assessment and benthic survey of the The Lagoons SSSI: Easington
Survey name: 2014 Natural England condition assessment and benthic survey of the The Lagoons SSSI: Easington This is a collation of surveys to gather data and evidence from a variety of marine environments. The survey purposes vary and include recommended Marine Conservation Zone (rMCZ) Phase I or II verification surveys, condition assessments, surveys of features of Natura 2000 sites (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area), Intertidal surveys, Benthic grab surveys and others. All surveys are carried out to specified standards and follow established methodologies. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year]. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].
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https://data.nbn.org.uk/Datasets/GA001574
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description: Natural England Access to Evidence Catalogue
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http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
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environment
Habitats and biotopes
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2008-06-01
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2014-09-02
2014-09-05
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2016-09-30
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2016-09-30
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"The Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies was commissioned by natural England to undertake an ecological study to monitor and assess the current condition of the Easington Lagoons SSSI. This site comprises a variety of coastal habitats including shingle, sand dune, swamp and most significantly, saline lagoons and pools which represent the only extant example in North Humberside of this nationally rare habitat. The lagoons are located on a section of the rapidly eroding coastline on the Spurn Peninsula between the villages of Easington, to the north, and Kilnsea, to the south, and comprise two saline water bodies. The northern lagoon is bounded by flood banks to the east, and was created due to these overtopping in the 1950s, and the southern lagoon was formed by tidal inundation of a former borrow pit. The Lagoons form part of the Humber Estuary SPA and Ramsar site. The quantitative survey design sampled 5 stations in the southern lagoon pool, 3 in the northern end of the north lagoon pool (N1), and 2 in the southern part of the north lagoon pool (N2). All stations were monitored either quantitavely or semi-quantitavely for faunal assemblages in the sediment (benthic invertebrate infauna), in the water column and at the water-sediment interface (nekton and large zooplankton), and in association with aquatic macroalgal vegetation (epifauna). Ten stations were sampled for benthic invertebrates in the lagoons. A standard size corer (11cm internal diameter, 0.01m2 area) was used to take core samples, with 5 replicates taken, but 3 analysed as per NE requirements. Core samples were taken to a depth of 10cm in the sediment. All infaunal samples were seived separately on site in close proximity to the sample location through a 0.5mm mesh, and seive residue preserved in stained 10% formalin (4% formaldehyde) solution. Ten stations were sampled semi-quantitavely for conspicuous nekton and larger zooplankton fauna in the lagoons. A 0.25m wide push net (mesh size 250um) was used to collect conspicuous plankton (metazooplankton) and nekton samples within each lagoon. The net was swept through the main body of the lagoon, with 3 replicate sweeps taken for a total swept area of 3,75m2 at each station. Samples were taken and preserved in stained buffered formalin (4% formaldehyde) solution until identification was carried out at IECS laboratory. At stations where aquatic vegetation was present and where survey conditions allowed, the epifauna associated with the submerged vegetation was assessed by collecting 3 replicate samples of 0.5l algae, which was washed gently on a 0.5mm seive and the seive residue preserved in 10% formalin (4% formaldehyde) solution for identification in the IECS laboratory. "
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