Mapping the distribution of maerl in South Uist (Loch Boisdale), Western Isles. Lifeforms at Stuley Island

• Published by: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• Last updated: 14 June 2018
• Topic: Environment
• Licence: Open Government Licence

Summary

Mapping the distribution of maerl in South Uist, Western Isles was a collaborative study between Scottish Natural Heritage and the BioMar Programme. The survey used acoustic techniques, video drops, ROV, grab samples and diver surveys. The result was a map of predicted biotope distribution.

Additional information sources:

Davies, J. & Foster-Smith, R. L. 1997. Mapping the distribution of maerl in South Uist, Western Isles. Unpublished report to Scottish Natural Heritage.

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2018-06-14
• Access contraints: No limitations
• Harvest GUID: a364b6a1-780d-457e-9f40-a773ff97f2bd
• Extent: Latitude: 57.19809° to 57.166656°
• Extent: Longitude: -7.264903° to -7.21728°
• Dataset reference date: 1995-12-31 (publication)
• Responsible party: Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC (owner)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
• Source Metadata: HTML

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