Identification

Title

Sanday intertidal biotope map

Abstract

During the summer of 2000, a comprehensive biotope mapping survey of the shores was commissioned by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) with the objective of producing broad scale biotope maps of the intertidal habitats. These would be used to inform SNH's development of conservation objectives and the future management of the site. The survey was carried out at a Phase I level of detail (Hiscock 1996; Wyn et al. 2000) using the current national Marine Biotope Classification (Connor et al. 1997a, b.). A shoreline length of approximately 73 km and an area of 14.7 km2 were mapped during this project. The 53 biotopes recorded were combined into 33 biotope groups for presentation on the maps which included an overview of the shore biology as well as maps showing the distribution of biotopes around the island. Additional information sources: Howson, C (2000) Intertidal survey of Sanday cSAC and SPA. SNH Commissioned Report No: F00PA26 White, W.H., Foster-Smith, R.L. & Sotheran, I.S. (2000). Broad Scale Survey and Mapping of Seabed Biota: Sanday Kelp Beds. SNH Commissioned Report F99PA06

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/f2cd9a0a-a36b-4d50-a083-2fde56858a17-GB000253.zip

name: GB000253.zip

Unique resource identifier

code

f2cd9a0a-a36b-4d50-a083-2fde56858a17

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Howson, C (2000) Intertidal survey of Sanday cSAC and SPA. SNH Commissioned Report No: F00PA26 White, W.H., Foster-Smith, R.L. & Sotheran, I.S. (2000). Broad Scale Survey and Mapping of Seabed Biota: Sanday Kelp Beds. SNH Commissioned Report F99PA06

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Seabed Habitats and Geology

GB000253

Corpulent

MNCR

Show on webGIS

Translated to EUNIS

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.624047

East bounding longitude

-2.370284

North bounding latitude

59.31409

South bounding latitude

59.218199

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2000-06-29

End position

2000-08-10

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2000-12-31

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Classification system details: Classified using a combination of MNCR 97.06 and local system

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Geospatial (vector polygon)

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Released under the 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

owner

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

2018-06-14

Metadata language

eng