Identification

Title

Broadscale mapping of sublittoral habitats in Loch Sunart, Scotland

Abstract

Loch Sunart is a complex fjordic sea loch on the west coast of Scotland. The loch supports some of the best Scottish and UK examples of bedrock reef habitats and associated communities. The site has been selected as a candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) on the basis of the quality of the reefs present. A biotope mapping survey of the sublittoral habitats within the loch was undertaken in July and August 2001, by a collaborative research group from the University of St Andrews, Heriot-Watt University and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). Rapid broad scale remote acoustic mapping techniques were utilised and ground truth data were collected to enable the interpretation of the acoustically-classed seabed maps. These data supplemented the considerable body of existing knowledge on Loch Sunart marine communities and this information was depicted in a series of biotope distribution maps. Additional information source: Bates, C. R., Moore, C. G., Harries, D. B., Austin, W. and Lyndon, A. R. (2004). Broad scale mapping of sublittoral habitats in Loch Sunart, Scotland. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 006 (ROAME No. F01AA401C).

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/3ab90c6b-5daf-4b0b-8134-ceda7dd5bf27-GB000358.zip

name: GB000358.zip

Unique resource identifier

code

3ab90c6b-5daf-4b0b-8134-ceda7dd5bf27

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Bates, C. R., Moore, C. G., Harries, D. B., Austin, W. and Lyndon, A. R. (2004). Broad scale mapping of sublittoral habitats in Loch Sunart, Scotland. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 006 (ROAME No. F01AA401C).

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Seabed Habitats and Geology

GB000358

Corpulent

MNCR

R3449

Show on webGIS

Nature Conservation

Research

AGDS

Cores

Diver survey

Grabs

Side scan sonar

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.039932

East bounding longitude

-5.545165

North bounding latitude

56.714981

South bounding latitude

56.621743

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2001-07-25

End position

2001-08-05

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2003-12-31

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Classification system details: Classified according to MNCR 97.06 scheme with some local modification

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

originator

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