2025 The Environment Agency (EA) Data for the UK Marine Strategy Article 8 biodiversity assessment: Condition of intertidal rocky shore macroalgae (seaweed) communities in coastal waters determined using Water Environment Regulations methods

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Summary

Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations River Basin Management Plan Cycle 3 intertidal rocky shore macroalgal index classification data used for the UK Marine Strategy Article 8 biodiversity assessments for the UK Regional Seas. The WER rocky shore macroalgae method statement and classification tool (‘Precision In Rocky ShoresPIRATESv04_UKTAG.xls’) used to calculate WER Ecological Quality Ratios are available at http://www.wfduk.org/resources%20/coastal-waters-rocky-shore-macroalgae. Project coordinated by the Environment Agency and Joint Nature Conservation Committee. River Basin Management Plan Cycle 3 rocky shore macroalgae data held by the relevant WER Agency.

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Added to data.gov.uk
2025-08-20
Access contraints
Open Government Licence (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)
Harvest GUID
db440389-1c2b-4ef7-a3cc-cf05c4f1d1b8
Extent
Latitude: 58.448451406995° to °
Longitude: -9.6240234375° to -2.8564453125°
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2025-07-28 (publication)
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defra (owner); Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats (custodian, distributor); Environment Agency (originator)
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