Identification

Title

Acoustic survey & mapping of sublittoral reefs at Flamborough Head. Lifeforms

Alternative title(s)

GB100001

EnvFlamboroughLF_O

Abstract

The survey of the marine environment around Flamborough Head was undertaken as part of the BioMar Project which is funded by the European Community through the LIFE Programme. Conflicting data were available to determine the offshore extent of these chalk reefs: estimates varied between 1 and 15 km offshore. To implement effective management of the marine benthic resource, English Nature required data on the geographic extent of the biotopes around Flamborough Head and requested the BioMar project at the University of Newcastle to conduct a biotope mapping survey. This was done using acoustic techniques validated by biological sampling, with the data stored and analysed using geographic information systems (GIS).

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

GB100001

codeSpace

unknown

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

WGS84

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

ocean

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

Habitats and biotopes

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Habitats

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-26

East bounding longitude

7

North bounding latitude

64

South bounding latitude

46

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1994-08-08

End position

1994-08-12

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

1994-12-01

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

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

2015-12-17T10:25:18

Metadata language