2008 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Mousa reef and sea caves habitats Site Condition Monitoring survey

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• Last updated: 20 April 2009
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The aim of this study was to initiate site condition monitoring (SCM) of the littoral and sublittoral reefs and sea caves within the Mousa SAC. The purpose of this SCM is: 1) to establish a baseline biological data set that will facilitate the assessment of the favourable condition status of the habitats in the future; and 2) to allow judgement on the current condition of the habitats in the light of existing SAC management measures. To fulfil these objectives an extensive drop-down video survey of the sublittoral reef habitats of the SAC was completed in conjunction with detailed MNCR phase 2 surveys of reef biotopes along relocatable transects spanning both the littoral and inshore sublittoral environments. Sea cave distribution was examined, and for selected caves, the topography was mapped and the biotopes surveyed at relocatable points within five selected caves along the cave system.

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2020-03-05
• Access contraints: no restrictions to public access
• Harvest GUID: 313f47463fc78c53771443cf270342f3
• Extent: Latitude: 60.0201° to 59.9786°
• Extent: Longitude: -1.2165° to -1.1240°
• Spatial reference system: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
• Dataset reference date: 2009-04-20 (publication)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
• Responsible party: Heriot-Watt University School of Life Sciences (originator); Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters (custodian)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
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Not for navigational use; This survey recorded no species or biotope occurrences that SNH consider as sensitive; all records may therefore be released in response to requests covered by Environmental Information Regulations or Freedom of Information Regulations; additionally its re-use and dissemination is permissible under Open Government Licence terms. Any re-use of this data will acknowledge the copyright owner.