Identification

Title

Particle Size Analysis (PSA) data from Rona and Windsock

Abstract

Particle Size Analysis (PSA) data from Rona and Windsock closure area. The area was selected dut to the occurrence of sandy gravels, a biotope for which the scottish MPA project has very little information on within Scottish waters. The Windsock closure area was selected to add understanding to the management of marine protected areas. This was a Scottish Marine Protected Areas (SMPA) site identification survey.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/4470bd8d-19a5-42d5-a431-d882ed36071d-S1988-PSD.zip

name: S1988-PSD.zip

Unique resource identifier

code

4470bd8d-19a5-42d5-a431-d882ed36071d

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Offshore Seabed Survey

West Shetland Shelf NCMPA

1111S

Processed

West Shetland Shelf NCMPA

MRV Scotia

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.03736

East bounding longitude

-4.74058

North bounding latitude

59.82544

South bounding latitude

59.30683

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2011-09-17

End position

2011-10-02

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2015-09-01

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

This dataset is an output of a collaborative offshore seabed survey undertaken with Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC).

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Microsoft Excel for Windows

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

This resource is made available under the Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

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