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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
Loch Etive is a typical fjord, carved into grantie and metamorphic rocks by glaciers from the Rannoch Moor area. The steeply walled, deep upper basin is followed by a series of shallower basins and...
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- 17 May 2018
Six lochs were surveyed by UMBSM/NCC during a visit to Harris and Lewis in 1988 (Howson 1989). Six more were subsequently surveyed in August 1990: Loch Stocknish, East and West Loch Tarbert and...
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- Marine Management Organisation
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- 05 March 2018
Annual statistics for commercial fishing activity by UK registered fishing vessels for the year indicated.
Statistics are provided for the North East Atlantic...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
The sites investigated in this survey were done so for a variety of reasons and are merely conveniently loosely grouped together under the MNCR sector heading in which they are found. Specific aims...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
Loch Ryan is situated at the southern entrance to the Firth of Clyde and is the most southerly of the Scottish sea lochs. It is 13.4 km in length and is shallow over its entire area with an average...
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- 17 May 2018
The Cowal peninsula and mainland around the northern Firth of Clyde are deeply indented by six sealochs: Lochs Riddon, Striven, Goil, Long, the Holyloch and the Gareloch. The first two are...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
The inner Solway is an area of predominantly sedimentary substrata, with large expanses of mobile sediment and constantly migrating river channels from the Rivers Esk and Eden which enter the Firth...
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- Marine Management Organisation
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- 05 March 2018
The number of vessels associated with each port according to the home port of a vessel (where the vessel is usually based). Vessel numbers are provided by length of vessel (less than or equal to...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
The Uist island chain in the Outer Hebrides is formed of Lewisian gneiss and is generaly low-lying with extensive and complex fresh and brackish water systems and a heavily indented eastern...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
This report, commisioned by the NCC, outlines the findings of the first year's pilot survey of a three year comprehensive survey of the marine fauna of the Farne Islands being carried out by Marine...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
This report covers work done under contract to the NCC which was part only of a larger survey of the Isles of Scilly and is therefore far from comprehensive. The remit was limited to descriptions...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
Jura and Islay are the most southerly and two of the largest islands of the Inner Hebrides. Their ecology and demography is sharply controlled by geology, and the marine enviroment is also affected...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
This report contains the results of 15 days diving (May-September 1983) between the East Solent and Selsey Bill. Observations from previous years are also included. The underwater geology of this...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
Loch Gairloch and Loch Ewe lie on the north-west Scottish mainland in an area of Torridonian sandstone. They were surveyed during 1990 as part of the survey of Scottish sealochs. Although adjacent,...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
Flamborough Headland is a Heritage Coast and SSSI, noted not only for its dramatic scenery and geological formations, but also for the colonies of seabirds that breed on the cliffs. It is the most...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
The island of Mull, which is the second largest of the Scottish Inner Hebrides island group, has a deeply indented coastline containing nine sealochs and at least one other large embayment. The...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
Survey work on sublittoral sediment infauna of Scapa Flow was carried out in April 1986, at 17 sites, using grab samples (a Hunter Grab was used). The sampling strategy used was based upon the...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
Littoral survey along the north Norfolk coast from Blakeney to Brancaster using normal MNCR methods. All parts of the barrier beach system were covered from the seaward facing sandy shores to the...
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- 17 May 2018
Standard MNCR diving survey of sublittoral rocky and sediment habitats between Abermenai Point and Carmel Head to fill in the gaps left by 1996 survey dive due to bad weather and boat breakdowns....
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
Sublittoral survey off the Thanet coast using detailed MNCR recording methods. The survey was aimed to establish the extent of the sublittoral reefs and biotopes present in the area. Survey sites...
