Identification

Title

Habitat point records from 1974 University of Dundee Loch Eriboll littoral survey

Abstract

Fifteen sites in Loch Eriboll and approaches form the basis of brief descriptions of the littoral fauna and flora. The main communities are described, including those on bedrock shores, boulder, shingle and gravel shores, sandy shores and areas of siltation. The shores are considered as standard for north-west Scotland. Some information on the sublittoral was obtained from local fishermen and divers. Few fish were observed, and fishermen confirmed that commercial fish were lacking. Lobsters and Pecten are fished commercially. Caves are not mentioned (see Moss, 1986). The lack of tidal flushing in the inner part of the loch is mentioned as a region of potential pollutant accumulation. Appended are some useful comments on north-western floras and faunas in general, related to specific habitats. A species list is also appended.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/7fecae3d-b434-40cd-9485-d969eb8d3240-1974-University-of-Dundee-Loch-Eriboll-littoral-survey.csv

name: 1974-University-of-Dundee-Loch-Eriboll-littoral-survey.csv

Unique resource identifier

code

7fecae3d-b434-40cd-9485-d969eb8d3240

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Jones (1975) A littoral survey of the Loch Eriboll area, Sutherland.

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Marine Recorder

JNCCMNCR10000089

Habitat

MNCR

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-4.777262406

East bounding longitude

-4.566578029

North bounding latitude

58.61026747

South bounding latitude

58.44413966

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1974-09-01

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