Identification

Title

Marine Benthic Surveys (Biosys)

Alternative title(s)

Abstract

The Environment Agency undertakes freshwater and marine biological monitoring in England. This dataset contains site, sample and taxa information from marine benthic invertebrate surveys carried out across England from 1973 onwards. Notes: - These survey data are stored in an archive more commonly known as BIOSYS. - Pollution Samples are excluded from the dataset. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=c18bf8b1-8ea3-4827-8a84-2e21fc5ede4b&fileName=Marine_benthic_invertebrate_surveys_(Biosys).pdf

protocol: http

name: Marine_benthic_invertebrate_surveys_(Biosys).pdf

description: Marine_benthic_invertebrate_surveys_(Biosys).pdf download on Defra Data Services Platform

https://environment.data.gov.uk/ecology/explorer/

protocol: http

name: ECOLOGY_AND_FISH_DATA_EXPLORER

description: The Ecology and Fish data explorer

Unique resource identifier

code

8cd194cd-cec3-4f21-83d4-984add281dc4

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Biosys

benthic invertebrate

biota

environment

Keyword set

keyword value

marine monitoring

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

biology

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

ecology

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.236

East bounding longitude

2.072

North bounding latitude

55.816

South bounding latitude

49.943

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1973-09-01

End position

2099-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2022-05-19

Frequency of update

quarterly

Quality and validity

Lineage

This dataset is derived from Biosys and contains marine benthic invertebrate surveys

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Comma Separated Values file (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Constraint set

Use constraints

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

web address

https://environment.data.gov.uk/support

description: Defra Data Services Forum

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-01-02

Metadata language