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2025 The Environment Agency (EA) Data for the UK Marine Strategy Article 8 biodiversity assessment: Condition of soft sediment invertebrate communities in coastal waters determined using Water Environment Regulations methods

Publisher
Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Updated
9 September 2025
Topic
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Licence
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Summary

Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations River Basin Management Plan Cycle 3 Infaunal Quality Index classification data used for the UK Marine Strategy Article 8 biodiversity assessments for the UK Regional Seas. The WER Infaunal Quality Index method statement and classification tool ('IQI Workbook UKTAG v02 20140311.xlsm' and ‘IQI Workbook UKTAG v02 20221214.xlsm’) used to calculate WER Ecological Quality Ratios are available at http://www.wfduk.org/resources%20/coastal-and-transitional-waters-benthic-invertebrate-fauna. Project coordinated by the Environment Agency and Joint Nature Conservation Committee. River Basin Management Plan Cycle 3 benthic invertebrate data held by the relevant WER Agency.

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
20 August 2025
Harvest GUID
05e2b022-fb01-4991-935b-374d917ffa30
Extent (Latitude)
60.284089225538° to 48.981118295001°
Extent (Longitude)
-12.7880859375° to 7.6025390625°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2025-07-28
Dataset reference date (revision)
2019-12-31
Dataset reference date (creation)
2019-12-31
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
Open Government License (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)
Responsible party
defra (owner); Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats (custodian, distributor); Environment Agency (originator)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng