Identification

Title

2002 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Outer Hebrides saline lagoons site condition monitoring survey

Abstract

In 2002 baseline biological surveys were conducted at 13 saline lagoon sites in the Outer Hebrides. The purpose of the study was to provide SNH with the necessary baseline information to form such a judgement on the condition of these sites. A series of relocatable monitoring transects were established and detailed biological surveys were conducted at stations along the transects. Details of species abundances and the nature of the substrate were noted and a photographic record was made. Water samples were collected for salinity measurements and the isolating barriers that separate the lagoon from the sea were examined and photographed.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

Unique resource identifier

code

GB-SCT-SNH-ME-000078-MRSNH01200000003-HEBS

codeSpace

Marine Recorder

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

BMT Cordah Limited (2004). Site condition monitoring: review and baseline survey of specified saline lagoons in the Outer Hebrides. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 061 (ROAME No. F02AA409).

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

environment

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

MEDIN metadata record availability

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2025-06-03

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

NDGO0005

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2025-06-03

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2021-09-28

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2021-09-28

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-7.4333

East bounding longitude

-6.7000

North bounding latitude

58.3000

South bounding latitude

57.2667

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2021-01-06

code identifying the extent

Extent group

authority code

title

SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2021-01-06

code identifying the extent

Extent group

authority code

title

Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2021-01-06

code identifying the extent

Minches and Western Scotland

Extent group

authority code

title

Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2021-01-06

code identifying the extent

Scottish Continental Shelf

Extent group

authority code

title

SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2021-01-06

code identifying the extent

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2002-09-03

End position

2002-09-10

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2004-01-01

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

All pre-existing information and survey data relevant to the sites were reviewed and used to direct the selection of monitoring survey stations. This information was also assessed to determine if it was adequate to establish target levels for the attributes. For some transects, it was not possible or appropriate to undertake a survey along a 100m transect. In some instances the total length of the biotopes to be surveyed was less than 100m, and in others the bottom shelved steeply into water too deep to survey by snorkelling. All these instances were recorded on the survey forms.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

version of format

Published report

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Not for navigational use; SNH copyright data which is available for re-use under government licence terms: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

no restrictions to public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters

telephone number

01463 725000

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

contact position

NatureScot Data Manager

organisation name

NatureScot (HQ Inverness)

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

BMT Cordah

telephone number

+44 (0) 1224 414 200

email address

enquiries@bmtcordah.com

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH)

telephone number

01752 633102

email address

dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

NatureScot (HQ Inverness)

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-06-03

Metadata language

eng