Identification

Title

1984-1986 T.G. Skinner Solway Firth Occurrence of some prominent zooplankton

Abstract

Five surveys were carried out by T.G. Skinner in the Solway Firth Areas. Surveys were carried out with plankton nets and a count of the species captured was carried out. This survey is the third survey and is documented in the following three papers: The Seasonal Occurence of Some Prominent Zooplankton Species in Rough Firth between March 1984 to March 1986. I. Scyphomedusae (Glasg. Nat. 22 Part 5: 471-484 (1995)), The Seasonal Occurence of Some Prominent Zooplankton Species in Rough Firth. II. Chaetognatha (Glasg. Nat. 22 Part 5: 479-484 (1995)), and The Seaonal Occurence of Some Prominent Species in Rough Firth. III. Decapod Larvae. (Glasg. Nat. 23. Part 1: 51-56 (1996)).

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

Unique resource identifier

code

DASSHDT00000313

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

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

-3.8856

East bounding longitude

-3.7002

North bounding latitude

54.8825

South bounding latitude

54.8125

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

water column

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

1984-03-01

End position

1986-11-30

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-12-05

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Weekly samples were taken over a two year period from March 1984 to March 1986 using a 0.5mm diameter plankton net to mesh size 287 micron which was towed behind a dinghy in the same sample area as described in a previous report (Skinner, 1984: from the Rockcliffe shore to Rough Island and back). On each occasion two samples were taken at around high water, one sample being preserved immediately, the other taken home for examination live. Any ephyrae present in the latter were picked out, anaesthetised in an isotonic 7.5% solution of magnesium chloride, then fixed and preserved in 4-5% formalin. All tows were horizontal, just below the surface. The total towing time on each occasion was about 23 min, and the total distance towed just under 1km. Identifications were made with aid of Russell (1970). Normenclature is that of the Marine Biological Assocation (1957).

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

DASSH terms and conditions apply

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

DASSH terms and conditions apply

Responsible organisations

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

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

organisation name

DASSH, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitat Data

email address

matarn@mba.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2016-12-05

Metadata language