Samples of the benthic macrofauna were collected from MAFF research vessels at
each of 25 intermediate and offshore stations around the English and Welsh
coastlines between 1992 and 1994. This dataset details the infauna present at
each sampling station.
At each location, five sediment samples for macrofaunal analysis were
collected using a 0.1m2 Day grab from the central point of a 500 m grid of
9 stations, the latter being sampled for contaminant analyses only. The five
replicates were collected from within a 100 m range ring, using SEXTANT
software and DGPS position-fixing.
