1989 Natural History Museum, Dorset sites only, Macrobenthos intertidal survey of chalk shores
All these records relate to "George, Tittley, Price (1989) Macrobenthos of chalk shores in the Isle of Wight, Dorset and Devon" A copy of the report is held at English Nature (Dorset Team). The British Museum (Natural History) was contracted by the Nature Conservancy Council to carry out a survey of the macrobenthos of chalk shores in the Isle of Wight, Dorset and Devon as part of a review of intertidal marine chalk exposures around the British coast. The fauna and flora present on open rock surfaces were recorded by direct observation, particular attention being given to patterns of zonation and biological assemblages. Many species were identified on site, with problematic material being preserved for later determination by specialists at the museum. A quantitative assessment was not made, although general observations on relative abundance were noted. Voucher specimens were collected for each of the species encountered, including algae. N.B. In the report, 11 chalk sites were studied in detail but only 4 of these were in Dorset. Only the 4 Dorset sites have been entered onto the Dorset Marine Biodiversity Database. Species records have been extracted from Table 2 (fauna) and Table 4 (flora) in the main report and then compared to the raw data sheets in the Appendix of the report to give the final species list. Any discrepancies between the two lists have been flagged up in the description section on the sample screen. Fauna have been attributed to zones, for further descriptions of these zones please refer back to paper report.
dataset
MRLRC0010000054B
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urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
biota
revision
2008-01-06
creation
2011-07-06
revision
2009-11-16
creation
2012-03-16
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creation
2009-06-18
Eastern Channel
creation
2009-06-18
Western Channel and Celtic Sea
creation
2009-05-01
29E7
creation
2009-05-01
30E7
creation
2009-05-01
29E8
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2009-05-01
30E8
1988-06-29
1988-07-06
publication
2013-02-14
creation
1988-07-06
revision
2013-02-14
notPlanned
Survey run by the Natural History Museum (NHM) for the Nature Conservancy Council. All field data/specimens/photographs held by the NHM. All these records relate to "George, Tittley, Price (1989) Macrobenthos of chalk shores in the Isle of Wight, Dorset and Devon" A copy of ther report is held at English Nature (Dorset Team). The British Museum (Natural History) was contracted by the Nature Conservancy Council to carry out a survey of the macrobenthos of chalk shores in the Isle of Wight, Dorset and Devon as part of a review of intertidal marine chalk exposures around the British coast. The fauna and flora present on open rock surfaces were recorded by direct observation, particular attention being given to patterns of zonation and biological assemblages. Many species were identified on site, with problematic material being preserved for later determination by specialists at the museum. A quantitative assessment was not made, although general observations on relative abundance were noted. Voucher specimens were collected for each of the species encountered, including algae. N.B. In the report, 11 chalk sites were studied in detail but only 4 of these were in Dorset. Only the 4 Dorset sites have been entered onto the Dorset Marine Biodiversity Database. Species records have been extracted from Table 2 (fauna) and Table 4 (flora) in the main report and then compared to the raw data sheets in the Appendix of the report to give the final species list. Any discrepancies between the two lists have been flagged up in the description section on the sample screen. Fauna have been attributed to zones, for further descriptions of these zones please refer back to paper report
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Department of Zoology Cromwell Road
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SW7 5BD
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Department of Zoology Cromwell Road
London
SW7 5BD
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