Identification

Title

Infaunal SACFOR abundance data from underwater video footage from the Maidens Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Northern Ireland, 2017.

Abstract

This dataset contains information on the SACFOR abundance of benthic infauna species from video footage from the Maidens Special Areas of Conservation (SAC's) in Northern Irish waters. The selected SAC's have previous multibeam data available for each site, therefore this project was to provide ground-truthing evidence for these habitats. This survey took place on 2017-09-25 and 2017-09-26 on board the RV Corystes. Both A drop frame camera and Video sledge were used in this survey. The video sledge was attached by a 400m cable with a USBL system, scaling lasers and an ancillary GoPro. A 0.1m2 day grab was also used as further ground-truthing but this information is not included in this dataset. Particle size analysis and Carbon and Nitrogen analysis were also carried out (not included in this dataset). Information on the substrate was collected and is included in this dataset.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.dassh.ac.uk

description: A link to the general host site

Unique resource identifier

code

AFBIVidSACm18

codeSpace

http://afbini.gov.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

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

-6.0531

East bounding longitude

-5.6599

North bounding latitude

55.1638

South bounding latitude

54.8588

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

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

benthic boundary layer

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2017-09-25

End position

2017-09-26

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2019-01-08

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

The survey took place on board the RV Corystes between 2017-09-25 and 2017-09-26. The survey of the Maidens was carried out on 2017-09-26 using the sledge camera and drop frame. There were 2 successful sledge tows and 4 with the drop frame camera.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

no conditions

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

no restrictions

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Project manager

organisation name

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

email address

dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

Project manager

organisation name

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

email address

dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Project manager

organisation name

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

email address

dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-01-20

Metadata language