Identification

Title

Scottish Natural Heritage Sound of Barra (SoB) SAC Site Condition Monitoring

Abstract

TEST TO VERIFY FILE IDENTIFIER STABILITY. The aim of this SCM work is to improve knowledge of the current condition of the maerl and coarse sediment habitats on the eastern side of the Sound of Barra SAC, following its designation in 2013. The first of a series of SCM work consisted of quantitative drop-down video surveys as well as the collection of 72 infaunal grab samples and granulometry samples for Particle Size Analysis (PSA) in 2016. Sampling locations are randomly selected within nine depth stratified sampling boxes.

Resource type

series

Resource locator

Unique resource identifier

code

GB-SCT-SNH-CMEU-SCM-SoB

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

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

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

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

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2011-02-16

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2011-07-06

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2006-08-31

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2017-05-12

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-7.4434

East bounding longitude

-7.1947

North bounding latitude

57.1803

South bounding latitude

56.9262

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Minches & Western Scotland

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

42E2

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

43E2

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

creation

effective date

1954-01-01

code identifying the extent

North Atlantic Ocean

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-05-16

code identifying the extent

VIa

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

circalittoral

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2016-04-19

End position

2018-11-20

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2017-12-31

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

The Sound of Barra Special Area of Conservation (SAC) was designated in 2013 to afford protection for the marine features Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time, Reefs, and Harbour seal populations. Survey work has been undertaken to improve knowledge of the habitats and species that occur in these sites and to monitor the features of interest within these sites to allow for temporal analysis of the protected features. In 2016, infaunal grab and Particle Size Analysis (PSA) samples (using a 0.1m2 Day grab) and DDV run data were collected from randomly selected locations - largely dependent on tidal/wind conditions - within nine pre-defined target survey boxes placed inside and outside the Sound of Barra SAC. Sampling was restricted to within the boxes to reduce variability and increase the statistical power for assessing a change in biological communities over time. Note: some of the areas such as S7 and S8 had not been surveyed previously. Therefore this project serves a secondary purpose - to increase our knowledge of the extent and distribution of the subtidal habitats in this area. This series of SCM surveys serves to provide 1) information to underpin future status assessments of the Sound of Barra SAC, and 2) as part of a programme for refining the distribution of Habitat Directive Annex I habitats.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011-02-02

degree

true

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2018-01-23

degree

true

explanation

See the referenced specification

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Not suitable for use in navigation; SNH copyright data which is available for re-use under government licence terms: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

no restrictions to public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage, Inverness

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage, Inverness

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage, Inverness

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-11-21

Metadata language