Identification

Title

1991 University of Southampton, Wytch Lake and Channel, Dorset, Benthic and sediment box corer survey

Abstract

All these records relate to "Jensen, Collins, Ovenden (1991) - Benthic survey of Wytch Lake and Channel, March 1991" A copy of the report is held at BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd, Wareham, Dorset. This survey was carried out following a spill of water-soluble degreasing agent on 8th March 1991 in Wytch Lake, a narrow creek off Wytch Channel. This latter channel opens into Poole Harbour. Shortly after the spill the sediments of the Lake and Channel were sampled at 14 stations. The Department of Oceanography, University of Southampton, was commissioned to report on the benthic infauna and sediment granulometry of the samples. Thirteen stations were sampled in Wytch Lake and Wytch Channel plus a control station (Station 15) in Redhorn Lake. Samples were taken during second high water using a small box corer. The surface area sampled at each site was 0.0225 m sq. It was not possible to sample site 10. Station 15 was selected as a control station, but as it contained a number of species not recorded at Wytch Lake and the sediment granulometry was markedly different, it was not used as a comparison for this assessment. Samples were sieved using a 500 micrometre sieve. N.B. Co-ordinates of stations not given, so locations estimated from schematic map of sampling sites in the report.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

Unique resource identifier

code

MRLRC00100000539

codeSpace

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

health

inlandWaters

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2008-01-06

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Seabed Texture Boundaries

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2010-09-18

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

UNESCO

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2003-01-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2011-07-06

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009-11-16

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.0438

East bounding longitude

-1.9674

North bounding latitude

50.6925

South bounding latitude

50.6710

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Eastern Channel

Extent group

authority code

title

ICES Rectangles

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

30E7

Extent group

authority code

title

ICES Rectangles

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

30E8

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1991-03-14

End position

1991-03-14

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-01-25

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Survey run by Southampton Oceanography Centre for the BP Exploration Operating Company. This survey was carried out following a spill of water-soluble degreasing agent on 8th March 1991in Wytch Lake, a narrow creek off Wytch Channel. This latter channel opens into Poole Harbour. Shortly after the spill the sediments of the Lake and Channel were sampled at 14 stations. The Department of Oceanography, University of Southampton, was commissioned to report on the benthic infauna and sediment granulometry of the samples. Thirteen stations were sampled in Wytch Lake and Wytch Channel plus a control station (Station 15) in Redhorn Lake. Samples were taken during second high water using a small box corer. The surface area sampled at each site was 0.0225 m sq. It was not possible to sample site 10. Station 15 was selected as a control station, but as it contained a number of species not recorded at Wytch Lake and the sediment granulometry was markedly different, it was not used as a comparison for this assessment. Samples were sieved using a 500 micrometre sieve.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Data is freely available for research or commercial use providing that the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

No restrictions to public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton

email address

kjc@noc.soton.ac.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

Senior Lecturer

organisation name

National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton

email address

acj@noc.soton.ac.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

BP Exploration and Production

full postal address

BP - Offshore Systems, EPTG Chertsey Road

Sunbury on Thames

TW16 7LN

email address

dassh.enquires@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Living Seas Manager

organisation name

Dorset Wildlife Trust

email address

Enquiries@derc.org.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-05-04

Metadata language

eng