Identification

Title

Broadscale biological mapping of Morecambe Bay. Lifeforms

Alternative title(s)

GB100034

EnvMorecambeLF_O

Abstract

The survey of Morecambe Bay was undertaken by the Benthic Mapping and Assessment Project (BMAP) at the University of Newcastle, under contract to English Nature and with the assistance of the North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee. The area consists primarily of extensive shallow coastal sediments along with subtidal river channels. Acoustic data was collected and related to biological assemblages determined from direct observations or samples of the seabed at point locations.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/download

name: Download from the “EUNIS habitat maps from surveys” package, Broad, Medium and Fine scale data

function: download

http://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/map

name: Interactive map

function: information

http://213.122.160.75/scripts/mapserv.exe?map=D:/Websites/MESHAtlantic/map/MESHAtlanticWMS.map

name: WMS link

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

GB100034

codeSpace

unknown

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326

Additional information source

Sotheran, I., Walton, R. 1997. Broadscale mapping of Morecambe Bay.

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

habitat

ocean

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-3.2794

East bounding longitude

-2.8180

North bounding latitude

54.1946

South bounding latitude

53.9011

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

Irish Sea

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2006-08-12

End position

2006-08-16

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2006-12-31

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

This is a marine habitat mapping dataset, created using remote sensing data and groundtruthing data. Boundaries between habitats were derived from remote sensing such as aerial photography and acoustic data collection, then groundtruthed using a number of direct or indirect observations. Some extrapolation of the remote sensing may have occurred during production.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

unknown

version of format

unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Publicly accessible: NE-OS OGL

Constraint set

Use constraints

No conditions apply. By using this data you are accepting the terms of the Natural England-OS Open Government Licence (https://www.gov.uk/how-to-access-natural-englands-maps-and-data#terms-and-conditions-for-use-of-data). For further info contact Natural England 0300 060 3900 enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Enquiries/ Marine Data Manager

organisation name

Natural England

full postal address

Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green

York

YO1 7PX

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 (0)300 060 3900

email address

enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk

web address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

contact position

Enquiries/ Marine Data Manager

organisation name

Natural England

full postal address

Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green

York

YO1 7PX

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 (0)300 060 3900

email address

enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk

web address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Enquiries / Marine Data Manager

organisation name

Natural England

full postal address

Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green

York

YO1 7PX

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 (0)300 060 3900

email address

enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk

web address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2015-12-17T10:17:25

Metadata language