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1969-1971 D.E.G. Irvine et al Lundy Devon UK Survey of the marine algae

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Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Updated
20 August 2026
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Summary

Marine algae records from Lundy digitised from paper format to MEDIN standard format. The survey was undertaken primarily to investigate the sublittoral flora (marine algae) for comparison with other regions; the intertidal vegetation was examined where opportunity permitted. Survey dates August 2-9, 1969, July 4-1 l, 1970. March-April, 1970, and July 23-31,197I. Techniques included complete removal of vegetation from metre quadrats of recorded depth, locality and habitat, for subsequent detailed examination ashore. This dataset was digitised by the MBA Data Team in DASSH from the following paper D.E.G. Irvine , R.M. Smith , I. Tittley, R.L. Fletcher and W.F. Farnham (1972) A survey of the marine algae of Lundy, British Phycological Journal, 7:1, 119-136. Internal DASSH QA procedures were followed.

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
30 July 2026
Harvest GUID
cb37fbb3cd2f28e715dcf317cdbad0fc
Extent (Latitude)
51.2270° to 51.1380°
Extent (Longitude)
-4.7230° to -4.6150°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2026-07-30
Dataset reference date (revision)
2019-03-26
Dataset reference date (creation)
1969-08-02
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
CC-BY - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Responsible party
(owner, originator); Polytechnic of North London (owner, originator); Marine Science Laboratory, Anglesey (owner, originator); Natural History Museum, London (owner, originator); DASSH, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitat Data (custodian, distributor)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng