Identification

Title

2005-2006 Harries et al. Isle of Cumbrae Sargassum muticum records

Abstract

The invasive alga Sargassum muticum has recently been reported in the Firth of Lorn, west coast of Scotland. This represents the first sighting of the species north of the Kintyre Peninsula, a land barrier that had been expected to slow the northwards spread of S. muticum. This paper presents a thorough review of literature concerning the dispersal and establishment of this invasive alga and predicts potential dispersal trajectories and likely areas for future establishment in Scotland. From previous dispersal rates, S. muticum is likely to spread throughout the west coast of Scotland in the next few years, predominantly via natural pathways although anthropogenic vectors may also contribute to dispersal. Sheltered and moderately exposed sea lochs and shorelines, on the west coast of Scotland in particular, are likely to provide favourable conditions for the establishment of persistent populations of S. muticum. Conditions on the north and east coasts of Scotland were considered less favourable, both for the dispersal and establishment of S. muticum. The spread of S. muticum is unlikely to cause serious widespread ecological impacts, however, it does have the potential to cause economic damage to the aquaculture industry which is a major employer on the west coast of Scotland. The establishment of dense highly visible canopies would also constitute a degradation of the natural heritage value of Scottish shorelines. It would be prudent to investigate means of preventing persistent populations from establishing in areas of economic importance or with high natural heritage value.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.dassh.ac.uk/geoserver/dbossh/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=dbossh:fullview&outputFormat=csv&&CQL_FILTER=surveycode=%27DASSHDT00000211%27

name: Click to get data

description: A link to the web service or dataset

http://www.dassh.ac.uk

name: DASSH website

description: A link to the general host site

Unique resource identifier

code

DASSHDT00000211

codeSpace

http://www.dassh.ac.uk

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Additional information source

Harries, D.B., Cook, E., Donnan, D.W., Mair, J.M., Harrow, S. and Wilson, J.R., 2007. The establishment of the invasive alga Sargassum muticum on the west coast of Scotland: rapid northwards spread and identification of potential new areas for colonisation. Aquatic Invasions, 2(4), pp.367-377.

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2008-01-06

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009-11-16

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-4.9891

East bounding longitude

-4.8737

North bounding latitude

55.8151

South bounding latitude

55.6984

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1954-01-01

code identifying the extent

Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-01-01

code identifying the extent

infralittoral

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-01-01

code identifying the extent

littoral

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-05-16

code identifying the extent

VIa

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2005-07-24

End position

2006-07-13

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-07-15

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Part of MSFD NNS baseline data collation project (Jan 2016). Subset of a dataset as we were only pulling out records for a selection of INNS. Contains records for Sargassum muticum.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2012-12-19

degree

true

explanation

Data is in a pro forma provided by DASSH

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

DASSH terms and conditions apply

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

DASSH terms and conditions apply

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Teaching Fellow

organisation name

Heriot-Watt University School of Life Sciences

email address

dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH)

full postal address

Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill

Plymouth

PL1 2PB

telephone number

01752 633102

facsimile number

01752 633291

email address

dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

DASSH, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitat Data

email address

matarn@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2016-07-15

Metadata language