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North Sea Plankton Survey - RV Cirolana 04/99

This survey was conducted in July 1999 in the North Sea with the aim of determining the distribution and abundance of edible crab larvae in relation to fishing grounds and seabed sediments. Data...

Cross Sands Broadscale Benthic Survey Data 1998

Forty benthic samples were collected using a 0.1m2 Hamon grab acorss the Cross Sands region both within and beyond the extraction area, during 1998. Macrofauna in the samples were identified as...

2013 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Loch Sween Sargassum muticum records

The pMPAs on the west coast of Scotland encompass a number of sea lochs, including Loch Sween, which forms the subject of the present investigation. The principal aim of the work was validation of...

Diatom community composition over a seasonal cycle in the Hampshire Avon catchment

This dataset contains diatom species count data from rivers within the Hampshire Avon catchment, UK. Data were collected from five sediment cores at each site, collected in February, April, August...

Datasets containing multiple diversity metrics of planktonic foraminifera (NERC grant NE/I00551X/1)

Two datasets containing multiple diversity metrics of planktonic foraminifera. Recent data is from MARGO (Multiproxy approach for the reconstruction of the glacial ocean surface); Eocene data is...

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) MCZ: Chesil Beach and Stennis Ledges: Benthic Sampling and Video survey CBSL_stgn0213: Western Channel & Celtic Sea (23/04/2013 to 12/07/2013)

This Survey records the sampling undertaken by the EA within the Chesil Beach and Stennis Ledges MCZ, to allow adequate verification and characterisation of the surface sediment and benthic...

Strontium, Oxygen, Hydrogen and Boron isotopes of Mariana mud volcano pore waters (NERC grant NE/P020909/1)

Porewaters from IODP Expedition 366 were extracted from serpentinite mud volcano sediments onboard the RV JOIDES Resolution (see Fryer et al, 2017; 2018 for details). Selected samples were then...

pfm9k geomagnetic field models and datafiles (NERC grant NE/I013873/1)

A new family of spherical harmonic geomagnetic field models spanning the past 9000 yr based on magnetic field directions and intensity stored in archaeological artefacts, igneous rocks and sediment...

Estimated Ambient Background Soil Chemistry Scotland

The BGS Estimated Ambient Background Soil Chemistry Scotland digital soil chemistry data indicates the estimated geometric mean topsoil concentrations (mg kg-1) of Arsenic (As), Cadmium (Cd),...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1968/8: Sedimentology investigations: Humber Estuary (01/Oct/1968 to 26/Oct/1968)

This marine sampling survey undertaken for research by University of Sheffield and the Institute of Geological Sciences (BGS) took place in October 1968 in the approaches to the Humber Estuary and...

Results from the regional geochemical mapping of Britain

Laboratory results for the analysis of geochemical samples (stream sediments, soil and water) collected for the high resolution geochemical mapping of mainland Britain. The programme of regional...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical and Sampling Survey 1971/11: Lyme Regis (20/Sep/1971 to 03/Oct/1971)

This British Geological Survey (BGS) regional marine geophysical and sampling survey took place in September-October 1971 in Lyme Bay on board the fishing vessel Dorset Lass. The purpose was to...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1971/SV/9: West coast of Scotland (26/Jun/1971 to 20/Jul/1971)

This sampling survey has been carried out by Continental Shelf Unit II of British Geological Survey (BGS) for BGS, the survey took place from June to July 1971 off the west coast of Scotland and...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical and Sampling Survey 1972/WH/1: Firth of Clyde, North Channel and Moray Firth (27/02/1972 to 05/04/1972)

This British Geological Survey (BGS) regional marine geophysical and sampling survey took place from February to April 1972 in Northern Firth of Clyde and North Channel on board the MV Whitethorn....

High resolution oxygen isotope stratigraphy of IODP sites U1394, U1395 and U1396 offshore Montserrat, Lesser Antilles (NERC grant NE/K002724/1)

Our proposed research is based on cores collected during the recent, and very successful, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 340. The aims of this expedition were to investigate...

2005 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA6 Technical Report - Contaminants. A review of the contaminant status of the Irish Sea

This report is a contribution to the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA6) conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry (now Department of Energy and Climate Change). This report considers...

Re-assessment of the archaeological potential of continental shelves

The Re-assessment of the archaeological potential of continental shelves project is funded through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund as disbursed by English Heritage. The project assessed the...

Re-assessment of the archaeological potential of continental shelves

The Re-assessment of the archaeological potential of continental shelves project is funded through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund as disbursed by English Heritage. The project assessed the...

Surface and Meteorological Data at Sand Creek, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, USA in March and April 2019 (NERC Grant NE/R010196/1)

Wind, sediment transport and surface morphological data collected at Sand Creek during a month long field campaign in March and April 2019 to investigate protodune development under bimodal winds....

Species point records from 1984 Dyrinda Poole Harbour (south) sublittoral survey

Dredge, grab and diving survey. Divided into 2 areas: a) upstream with muddy substrate; b) downstream with coarser sediments. 'Upstream Area' epibenthos dominated by mobile species - large numbers...