Identification

Title

2007 Envision Mapping Morecambe Bay Mapping the marine habitats

Abstract

Report designed to assist Natural England (NE) with decision making concerning the designation of new marine Special Areas of Conservation (SACs). This report focuses on the proposed outer Morecambe Bay, Shell Flat and Lune Deep area. The report includes a review of the literature and data available and that acquired from the resultant survey. The survey included both acoustic track data and ground-truthing such as drop-down video and grab samples. from the survey data biotope maps were drawn to fill in the gaps. Finally, all of the information presented is reviewed and its compliance with SAC site selection discussed.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://dassh.to/1k

name: DBOSSH

description: DASSH data delivery system

http://www.dassh.ac.uk

name: DASSH website

description: A link to the general DASSH website

Unique resource identifier

code

NATENG000258

codeSpace

http://www.dassh.ac.uk

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

oceans

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2008-01-06

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009-11-16

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-3.3646

East bounding longitude

-2.9691

North bounding latitude

54.0852

South bounding latitude

53.7731

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Irish Sea

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

36E6

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

37E6

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

36E7

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

37E7

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1954-01-01

code identifying the extent

Irish Sea and St. George's Channel

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-01-01

code identifying the extent

soil and sediment boundary layer

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-05-16

code identifying the extent

VIIa

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2007-10-15

End position

2007-10-21

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-05-25

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Report designed to asssist Natural England (NE) with decision making concerning the designation of new marine Sepcial Areas of Conservation (SACs). This report focuses on the proposed outer Morecambe Bay, Shell Flat and Lune Deep area. The report encompasses the collation of existing data and gives each piece of literature a confidence rating. This also includes a percentage score relating to its MESH (Mapping European Seabed Habitats) confidence. Once the existing data had been collated and gaps within the survey area were identified. A survey was conducted of the areas for which further data and information was needed. The survey included acoustic track data and groundtruthing (i.e. drop-down video and grab sampling). Particle size analysis (PSA) was also undertaken. The data was then used to assign biotopes and to fill gaps in the existing knowledge. Finally, all of the data presented is considered in the context of the overall report aim - to assess the sites suitability as a SAC.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011-02-02

degree

true

explanation

See the referenced specification

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Accessible under Natural England and DASSH terms and conditions

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Accessible under Natural England and DASSH terms and conditions

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Royal Haskoning (UK Head Office)

full postal address

Rightwell House Bretton

Peterborough

PE3 8DW

telephone number

+44 (0)1733 334455

facsimile number

+44 (0)1733 262243

email address

dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Royal Haskoning (UK Head Office)

full postal address

Rightwell House Bretton

Peterborough

PE3 8DW

telephone number

+44 (0)1733 334455

facsimile number

+44 (0)1733 262243

email address

dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Royal Haskoning (UK Head Office)

full postal address

Rightwell House Bretton

Peterborough

PE3 8DW

telephone number

+44 (0)1733 334455

facsimile number

+44 (0)1733 262243

email address

dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Royal Haskoning (UK Head Office)

full postal address

Rightwell House Bretton

Peterborough

PE3 8DW

telephone number

+44 (0)1733 334455

facsimile number

+44 (0)1733 262243

email address

dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH)

full postal address

Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill

Plymouth

PL1 2PB

telephone number

01752 633102

facsimile number

01752 633291

email address

dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH)

full postal address

Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill

Plymouth

PL1 2PB

telephone number

01752 633102

facsimile number

01752 633291

email address

dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2017-05-18

Metadata language