Broadscale habitat (EUNIS level 3) for East of Haig Fras recommended Marine Conservation Zone (rMCZ)
Updated habitat map resulting from an integrated analysis of the 2012 (CEND 3/12a) and 2013 (CEND 5/13) dedicated survey data for East of Haig Fras recommended Marine Conservation Zone (rMCZ). It shows the seabed at the site to be a heterogenous fine scale mosaic of sand, coarse and mixed sediments, with mud habitat in deeper areas. The two broadscale habitats ‘A5.1 Subtidal coarse sediment’ and ‘A5.4 Mixed sediments’ are presented as a complex ‘A5.1/A5.4 Subtidal coarse/mixed sediments’. They show no differentiation in their acoustic or topographical properties that would allow them to be mapped separately. The ‘A4 Circalittoral rock’ habitat is present in scattered small patches. Additional information source: Eggleton, J., Downie, A. 2014. East of Haig Fras rMCZ Post-survey Site Report http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Document.aspx?Document=12829_EastofHaigFrasrMCZ_SummarySiteReport_V12.pdf
dataset
http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/d0e55255-23d4-40e0-af0c-9e97934d5401-GB001128.zip
name: GB001128.zip
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Eggleton, J., Downie, A. 2014. East of Haig Fras rMCZ Post-survey Site Report http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Document.aspx?Document=12829_EastofHaigFrasrMCZ_SummarySiteReport_V12.pdf
biota
Marine
Seabed Habitats and Geology
GB001128
Corpulent
EUNIS
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Nature Conservation
Grabs
Multibeam echo sounder
Particle size analysis
Towed video
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2012-03-02
2013-05-01
publication
2014-06-06
Created with Object Based Image Analysis (OBIA) on acoustic data and groundtruthed samples. Acoustic data gathered by Gardline under tender, groundtruthing gathered by Cefas on cruises CEND 3/12a and CEND 5/13.
Geospatial (vector polygon)
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Available under the Open Government Licence 3.0
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