Habitat point records from 1977-81 Eleftheriou/Robertson east Scotland littoral sediment survey

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Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Last updated:
04 February 2016
Topic:
Environment
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Open Government Licence

Summary

Eleven sandy beaches on the east coast of Scotland were surveyed over a period of several years (1977-1981). On each beach, after initial observations were made on the structure, degree of exposure, and the position of any freshwater inflow noted, a simple surveying technique was used to construct profiles measured from a suitable benchmark. Main stations were placed at the estimated levels for high, mid and low tide along the profile transect, with intermediate stations also being inserted; the numbers of these depended on the width of the intertidal zone. At each station one quadrat of 1/16m squared was dug for macrofauna and the sand sieved through a 0.5mm mesh, the residue being preserved in 5% formalin. The sediment was preserved with 60% alcohol and analysed in the Laboratory by dry sieving of the sand fraction. The sorting coefficients and median diameters were calculated and the cumulative curves constructed from the results.

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2018-05-17
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Harvest GUID
1bf8cdae-b455-426c-88eb-31b9d34a1d98
Extent
Latitude: 58.50104039° to 56.00716138°
Longitude: -4.016589473° to -1.826085543°
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Dataset reference date
1999-07-26 (publication)
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