Identification

Title

Species point records from 1974 University of Dundee Kyle of Durness littoral survey

Abstract

Nine sites in the Kyle of Durness and approaches form the basis of brief description of the littoral fauna and flora, with an introductory chapter on the enviroment. The Kyle of Durness is predominantly sand in the inner part. Sandflats and sandbanks in the inner Kyle of medium and fine grades had very little macro-infauna, and only Bathyporeia and Eurydice were found. Baluakest Bay had no macrofauna at all. Only small areas of fine sand/muddy sand are present near the river and stream entrances, with Bathyporeia up to 3-6000/m, and little else except Eurydice. A few very localised areas had Corophium, Hydrobia, Cardium, Crangons, Nereis, Nerine and Arenicola. Boulder and shingle beaches occur in the inner Kyle, and bedrock and boulder shores in the outer Kyle. Most rocky shores are barnacle dominated with increasing amounts of Mytilus towards the open sea end. Fucus ceranoides is present at the entrance point of rivers. Reduced salinity in the inner Kyle probably restricts the fauna present. The area must be valued primarily in terms of amenity and aesthetic considerations.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/677a4fb7-9419-4a21-872f-23cb1fa4986a-1974-University-of-Dundee-Kyle-of-Durness-littoral-survey.csv

name: 1974-University-of-Dundee-Kyle-of-Durness-littoral-survey.csv

Unique resource identifier

code

677a4fb7-9419-4a21-872f-23cb1fa4986a

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Jones (1975) A littoral survey of the Kyle of Durness, Sutherland

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Marine Recorder

JNCCMNCR10000090

MNCR

Species

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-4.858812882

East bounding longitude

-4.748651384

North bounding latitude

58.60409967

South bounding latitude

58.51664193

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1974-08-31

End position

1974-09-30

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2001-11-16

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