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Marine Management Organisation Socio-Economic Typologies of Coastal Communities Web Feature Service (WFS)

Created as part of the MMO report - Maximising the Socio-Economic Impacts of Marine Planning for English Coastal Communities (planning team). Differentiates between different types of of coastal...

Chesil Beach and Stennis Ledges Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) Survey Infauna Data - 2013

Counts and presence/absence of species of macrofauna identified from 25 grab samples collected at Chesil Beach and Stennis Ledges between the 23rd April and the 12th July, 2013 The data were...

Hythe Bay Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) Survey Acoustic Data - 2012

Multibeam sonar survey covering Hythe Bay Marine Conservation Zone MCZ in 2012, Survey line spacing was designed to achieve 100% MBES coverage, thus lines were designed based upon 10m line...

Marine SeaBed Sediment Map - UK Waters - 250k (DigSBS250)

The purpose of this digital dataset is to provide accurate mapping of the distribution of sea-bed sediment types. Sea-bed sediments can only be mapped offshore, where the most recent deposits...

Marine Environmental Mapping (MAREMAP) 1:10 000 scale bedrock map for Weymouth Bay, Dorset

This is a 1:10,000 scale Bedrock geological map for some 800 km2 of the seabed across Weymouth Bay in Dorset. It joins seamlessly to the onshore BGS 1:10,000 scale Digital Geological Mapping...

2015 Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority (OICHA) Marine Non-Native Species Monitoring Programme

Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority (OICHA) marine non-native species survey. The aim of this survey was to determine the extent of non-native species in Orkney. This dataset was collated as...

2015 Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority (OICHA) Marine Non-Native Species Monitoring Programme

Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority (OICHA) marine non-native species survey. The aim of this survey was to determine the extent of non-native species in Orkney. This dataset was collated as...

Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) soil organic matter content from three soil depths on saltmarsh sites at Morecambe Bay and Essex

The dataset comprises the field soil organic matter content as a percentage at three depth zones (roughly 0-10 cm, 10-20 cm and 20-30 cm), measured from bulk density soil samples taken within each...

Marine borehole logs, data and materials from around the UK (1969 onwards)

BGS has drilled almost 600 boreholes to prove seismic interpretations of the marine Quaternary geology and bedrock from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The collection also includes additional...

Plant and soil animal diversity measurements from a disturbance and nitrogen addition experiment in an upland grassland site [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]

Data comprises abundance measures of mites, collembola and plant biomass collected from a field experiment based at Sourhope. Experimental plots varied in nitrogen addition treatment and level of...

2015 - 2020 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (MBA) RV MBA Sepia inshore haul demersal fish survey data from the South West region of the UK

Time series data of demersal fish populations in the Western English Channel sampled using an otter trawl (15m headline) by the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom from 2015-2020....

2015 - 2020 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (MBA) RV MBA Sepia inshore haul demersal fish survey data from the South West region of the UK

Time series data of demersal fish populations in the Western English Channel sampled using an otter trawl (15m headline) by the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom from 2015-2020....

Marine geological sample data from around the UK (1966 onwards)

The British Geological Survey has collected over 50,000 offshore samples using grabs, dredges and shallow coring devices (to a maximum depth of 6m below the sea bed). The collection also includes...

Restoring marine and coastal habitats in Wales: identifying spatial opportunities and benefits

In order to better understand opportunities to build resilience in the Welsh marine environment, a report was commissioned by Natural Resources Wales to identify potential spatial opportunities to...

Restoring marine and coastal habitats in Wales: identifying spatial opportunities and benefits

In order to better understand opportunities to build resilience in the Welsh marine environment, a report was commissioned by Natural Resources Wales to identify potential spatial opportunities to...

Soil biodiversity, carbon cycling and crop plant biomass responses to experimental biochar amendment of agricultural soil (Dundee, UK)

These data describe the results of a three year (2011-2013) factorial experiment using plant-soil mesocosms testing the effects of biochar on soil biodiversity and soil carbon fluxes. The...

2001 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA2 Technical report - Background information on marine mammals in the North Sea

This report is a contribution to the Department of Trade and Industry's (now Department of Energy and Climate Change) Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA2. Eight marine mammal species occur...

2022 Marine Invasive Non-Native species survey project - Devon & Cornwall

In 2018/9, rapid assessment surveys (RAS) of 14 ‘Clusters’ of three sites, one marina/harbour site, one nearby shore and one more distant shore, were completed in the Solent, as part of a European...

Sunflower seed predation rates in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Tropical Agriculture (BEFTA) plots, Kandista and Ujun Tanjung estates, Indonesia

Data comprise sunflower seed predation rates (i.e. number of seeds remaining) after 24 hours under different treatments in eighteen experimental plots plots established in 2013 as part of the...

1971 - 1990 Dorset Environmental Records Centre, Dorset, Rare marine mollusc records by local ecologist Dennis Seaward

A comprehensive record of marine molluscs recorded off the Dorset coast since 1971. A copy of the original recording cards is held at Dorset Environmental Records Centre. N.B.: So far only...