Identification

Title

Habitat point records from 1987 Heriot-Watt University Loch Moidart littoral survey

Abstract

A survey of the intertidal area of SSSI at Loch Moidart, Ardnamurchan, for NCC Scotland, particularly the area likely to be affected by a proposed mussel farm development. The notification of this site includes tidal mudflats. The survey concentrates mainly on algal communities which are described. Only superficial observations of animals were possible. Conclusion: the North Channel is by far the richest of the sites surveyed, but still has poor flora compared with an open coast site. No rare species were found. The area as a whole is interesting, comprising a saltmarsh adjoining a typical sealoch habitat, with extensive mudflats culminating in estuarine algal communities. The area with the adjoining SSSI forms an unspoilt natural habitat of scientific interest and natural beauty.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/c759cc4a-3933-4b1e-ba5a-88ece0c58e4a-1987-Heriot-Watt-University-Loch-Moidart-littoral-survey.csv

name: 1987-Heriot-Watt-University-Loch-Moidart-littoral-survey.csv

Unique resource identifier

code

c759cc4a-3933-4b1e-ba5a-88ece0c58e4a

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Wilkinson, Scanlan (1987) Survey of Loch Moidart, 28-30th July 1987.

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Marine Recorder

JNCCMNCR10000095

Habitat

MNCR

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-5.902065541

East bounding longitude

-5.732344345

North bounding latitude

56.82335305

South bounding latitude

56.76560806

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1987-07-28

End position

1987-07-30

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2001-09-13

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