AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
2016; Royal Haskoning DHV, ESS Ecology, BioSS; Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm; Final Ornithological Monitoring Report

As the final report for the ornithological monitoring programme at Greater Gabbard
     Offshore Wind Farm (GGOWF), this report provides the collation, analysis and
     presentation of the full survey data from the monitoring programme. The monitoring
     programme covers the period from April 2004 to August 2015 and encompasses preconstruction,
     construction and post-construction periods of the wind farm development
     (with a break in survey coverage from May 2006 to May 2008). The findings reported
     here are intended to meet the ornithological monitoring objectives of the Marine Licence.
     These findings supersede those presented in previous annual reports for the GGOWF
     monitoring programme.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
FishDAC - Solway Cockle Project - 2023

This project is led by SeaScope Fisheries Research Limited, in collaboration with Marine Scotland Science, University of Glasgow and Fruits of the Sea and aims to improve data and inform fishery scientists/managers with updated information on Solway cockles.  The main objectives are to undertake two full stock surveys and stock assessments of cockle beds around the Solway (2023 and 2024) and to conduct relaying experiments.

Tags: Commercial fish and shellfish populations are heal, Habitats and biotopes, Shellfish abundance and biomass in water bodies, Shellfish morphology, age and physiology, Species distribution
Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2005 Joyce et al. Sussex records of Ficopomatus enigmaticus

Coastal water bodies are a heterogeneous resource typified by high spatial and temporal variability and threatened by anthropogenic impacts. This includes saline lagoons, which support a specialist biota and are a priority habitat for nature conservation. This paper describes the biotic variation in coastal water bodies in Sussex, England, in order to characterise the distinctiveness of the saline lagoon community and elucidate environmental factors that determine its distribution. Twenty-eight coastal water bodies were surveyed for their aquatic flora and invertebrate fauna and a suite of exploratory environmental variables compiled. Ordination and cluster analyses were used to examine patterns in community composition and relate these to environmental parameters. Biotic variation in the coastal water body resource was high. Salinity was the main environmental parameter explaining the regional distribution of taxa; freshwater and saline assemblages were evident and related to sea water ingress. Freshwater sites were indicated by the plant Myriophyllum spicatum and gastropod mollusc Lymnaea peregra, while more saline communities supported marine and brackish water taxa, notably a range of chlorophytic algae and the bivalve mollusc Cerastoderma glaucum. Site community differences were also related to bank slope and parameters describing habitat heterogeneity. A saline lagoon community was discerned within the matrix of biotic variation consisting of specialist lagoonal species with associated typically euryhaline taxa. For fauna, the latter were the molluscs Abra tenuis and Hydrobia ulvae, and the crustaceans Corophium volutator and Palaemonetes varians, and for flora they were the algae Ulva lactuca, Chaetomorpha mediterranea, Cladophora spp. and Enteromorpha intestinalis. One non-native polychaete species, Ficopomatus enigmaticus, also strongly influenced community structure within the lagoonal resource. The community was not well defined as specialist and associated taxa were distributed throughout the spectrum of sites surveyed. Implications for the identification and conservation of saline lagoons are discussed.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Exe Estuary Cockle Stock Assessment 2010 to 2022

Since 2012 Devon and Severn IFCA has carried out stock assessments on the public mussel beds on the Exe Estuary, south Devon. These surveys determine the area of each bed, the density of mussels, the percentage cover, and the estimated stock (in tonnes), and marketable stock (mussels greater than 50mm in length) for each bed, and are used to assess the condition of the bed and whether the bed could support a viable mussel fishery. The surveys were annual between 2010â2020 and every 2 years since.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2010-2011 Gabilondo et al. Bristol Channel and South Wales Ficopomatus enigmaticus records

Ficopomatus enigmaticus, a euryhaline tube-building polychaete worm with a subtropical to temperate distribution, is an increasingly problematic fouling organism. In this study, laboratory protocols for maintaining adult broodstock, destructive spawning, larval culture and a settlement bioassay were developed.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2009 Purbeck Marine Wildlife Reserve, Kimmeridge Dorset, Marine Wildlife Recordings and Sightings

Sightings and recordings made by staff of and visitors to the Purbeck Marine Wildlife Reserve. Details taken from the marine recording logs from the reserve centre. Where divers and walkers have made sightings recorder is entered as 'PMWR visitor'. Not all records are from the area defined as the PMWR, but have been logged at the centre by visitors.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
1915-2011 Bishop et al. UK records for Amphibalanus amphitrite, Caprella mutica, Crepidula fornicata, Hesperibalanus fallax, Sargassum muticum and Schizoporella japonica

A collection of Non-Native Species sightings from John Bishop. The species listed are Amphibalanus amphitrite, Caprella mutica, Crepidula fornicata, Hesperibalanus fallax, Sargassum muticum and Schizoporella japonica.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
1848-1982 Lundy Field Society The Marine Fauna of Lundy Bivalvia

Collation of marine bivalvia records collected between 1848 and 1982 by taxonomic experts.
      Phyla and other groups that were not included in the lists were:
      Ctenophora (Comb-jellies / sea gooseberries)
      Platyhelminthes (Flatworms)
      Nematoda (Roundworms)
      Gastrotricha (Hairworms)
      Rotifera (Wheel animals)
      Nermertea (Ribbon worms)
      Cephalorhyncha
      Echiura (Spoon worms)
      Sipuncula (Peanut worms)
      Chaetognatha (Arrow worms)
      Phoronida (Horseshoe worms)
      Entoprocta (Goblet worms / Kamptozoans)
      Brachiopoda (Lampshells)
      Arthropoda: Crustacea: Cirripedia (barnacles) were not listed.
      Chordata: Mammalia (seals, whales and dolphins) were not listed.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2004-2012 Bishop et al. occurrence of non-native sessile invertebrates on the English coast

Between 2005 and 2012, 61 marinas and harbours around the English coast were surveyed to record the occurrence of non-native species (NNS) of sessile invertebrates. From these surveys, geographic distributions are described for eight species of ascidians, six bryozoans and five other species. A mean of 6.7 sessile invertebrate NNS per site (range 0 to 13 species) was recorded. At the 43 sites on the English Channel coast, the mean was 7.8 NNS per site, and all of the ten English sites that had 10 NNS were in the western or central region of the Channel coast. Ten sites on the Channel coast surveyed in 2004 were re-visited at least once in 2009 or 2010, and the mean number of sessile invertebrate NNS had increased from 6.0 to 7.6 species per site. Combining data from all visits in 2005 to 2012 for the sites surveyed in 2004, the mean number of NNS recorded per site rose to 9.2. Very rapid rates of spread along the English coast and beyond are inferred for the erect bryozoan Tricellaria inopinata d'Hondt and Occhipinti Ambrogi, 1985 and the ascidian Corella eumyota Traustedt, 1882. At least five recently arrived species that were limited to a small number of sites in 2012 are expected to increase markedly in geographic range and prevalence: the ascidians Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878), Botrylloides diegensis Ritter and Forsyth, 1917, and Didemnum vexillum Kott, 2002; and the bryozoans Schizoporella japonica Ortmann, 1890 and Watersipora subatra (Ortmann, 1890). Rapid assessment surveys of marinas and similar sites proved to be an effective means of documenting the arrival and spread of NNS over a relatively wide geographic range and of distinguishing different rates of progression.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2007 The Environment Agency (EA) Tamar and Lynher Rivers and Estuaries Shad surveys and records

1. Records of Shad sp. and Allis Shad catches by commercial salmon netsmen (Allis Shad where species identification confirmed from examination by expert); 2. Records of Shad and Allis Shad (Allis Shad where species identification confirmed from examination by expert) caught by rod anglers, angling clubs and commercial salmon and sea trout estuary netsmen; 3. Records of Allis Shad caught and examined at Gunnislake Fish Trap; 4. Records of Shad (presumed Allis Shad as inferred from trap records) counted by Gunnislake Fish Counter and observed on camera footage as they migrate upstream at the tidal limit; 5. Sightings of live Shad; 6. Records of dead Shad carcasses; 7. Records of Shad egg surveys. Egg surveys in estuary or river using a standard long-handled macroinvertebrate kick-sampling net and technique.
      The original database is held by the Environment Agency.  If you have any questions about data contained within it, contact Robert Hillman (see contacts).

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2019-2020 Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) Scallop dredging Survey

Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (CIFCA) is the authority responsible for the sustainable management of sea fisheries in the Cornwall IFCA district, which extends to 6 nautical miles from coastal baselines. Dredging for king scallops in the Cornwall IFCA district is currently subject to a number of byelaws, including; Shellfish Boats Byelaw, Scallop Dredge (Limited Fishing Time) byelaw and Methods of Fishing (Dredges) byelaw. These byelaws limit boat size to 16.46m in the district, prohibit scallop dredging between 7pm and 7am and stipulate gear requirements, including a limit of 12 dredges per vessel at any one time. Cornwall IFCAâs research team are preparing to start annual dredge tow surveys for scallops within the district. Currently the proposal is to conduct annual survey tows at a number of inshore sites within the district which were previously regularly surveyed by CEFAS along with some new sites. Data from these surveys, in conjunction with the larger current Cefas Stock Assessment program, would help to guide management of this fishery in inshore waters.
     Cornwall IFCA carried out this survey in preparation to start annual dredge tow surveys for scallops within the district. Currently the proposal is to conduct annual survey tows at a number of inshore sites within the district which were previously regularly surveyed by CEFAS along with some new sites. Data from these surveys, in conjunction with the larger current Cefas Stock Assessment program, would help to guide management of this fishery in inshore waters.
     The aim of the project was to develop a suitable method for repeat surveying for scallops from R/V Tiger Lily, to be used in multiple locations.
     The objectives of the survey were to trial the effectiveness of the N-Virodredge and tow bar for dredging for scallops from R/V Tiger Lily, to obtain measurement of all scallops (P. maximus) collect and to trial identifying and measuring the growth rings on individual scallop shells for ageing purposes. 
     In 2019, five tows were completed with a total of 74 scallops recorded. In 2020, a total of nine tows were completed with a total of 105 scallops recorded.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
England's Historic Seascapes: Liverpool Bay Pilot Area

England's Historic Seascapes is a programme of pilot projects developing a methodology for mapping the historic character of our coastal and marine environment. The programme's initial project, the Liverpool Bay Pilot Area, was undertaken by Wessex Archaeology and funded by the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund as distributed by English Heritage. The project archive consists of the final report and methodology statement.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2005 - Ongoing, EIFCA (Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority), The Wash, Sabellaria spinulosa reef (habitat mapping) surveys

Sabellaria spinulosa (ross worm) reef surveys are carried out continuously throughout the year. Data is collected using a combination of Acoustic Ground Discrimination System surveys, grab sampling and Remote Operated Vehicle surveys. Mapping the reefs forms part of the condition assessments (for the Wash and North Norfolk Coast SAC for which Sabellaria reef is an interest feature) and informs fisheries management measures for its protection. 
     Several areas within the Wash are surveyed; please see lineage for more details on the methodolgy.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
1991 Marine Biological Association (MBA) Witch Ground Basin RRS Challenger Cruise 82 sediment cores and gas sampling

The objectives of Leg 1 of this survey were:
      - To locate the source of hydrogen plumes in the Witch Ground Basin by taking water samples with the rosette sampler.
      - To take core samples from the 2 large pockmarks in UK Block 15/25 to obtain Astomonema and other samples needed to complete studies on these pockmarks.
      - To re-survey the extent of the shallow gas deposits mapped in 1990.
      Leg 2:
      - To map the distribution of shallow gas and gas seeps in the Skagerrak north of Hirtshals and to study the relationship of the seeps to bottom and sub-bottom topography.
      - To obtain sediment cores from methane-rich and methane-poor sediments in order to compare their biomass, species composition and geochemistry.
      - To collect fauna for stable isotope analysis, for biochemical studies and for electron microscopy.
      - To measure gas concentrations and bacterial activity in the sediments and in the water collumn.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Transition Zone Mapping for Marine-Terrestrial Archaeological Continuity (Contiguous Palaeo-Landscape Reconstruction)

The primary objective of this project was to produce a contiguous palaeo-landscape reconstruction across the marine to terrestrial boundary therefore enhancing the archaeological continuity across space and through time within an area of landscape previously examined through a series a stand-alone investigations. It is suggested that only by completing this successfully will marine sites that are of present and future concern to aggregate dredging, be fully interpreted with their correct archaeological context. Furthermore, this will importantly reduce the regional uncertainty associated with the interpretation of marine sites thus allowing marine sites to fully contribute to not only the local palaeo-landscape reconstructions but also the regional and National understanding of their archaeological significance. The project investigated this methodology on an area in the West Sussex coastal corridor between Havant and the Arun Valley.
     The project was funded through the English Heritage distributed Marine Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2010/2011 Coastal and Marine Environmental Research (CMER) St Mawes Maerl and Zostera bed video transects

Video transect survey of Maerl and Zostera beds at the mouth of the Percuil River for the St Mawes Harbour Conservation Trust.  Collected to continue the baseline data on maerl and sea grass beds in this area and to promote awareness and interest in life underwater in St Mawes harbour.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2011 The Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch, Various locations in Dorset, Diver observations and detailed survey records

Seasearch surveys conducted in Dorset during 2010. All survey records from individual dives, Seasearch weekends and specific studies are all included. In many cases, records are compiled from more than one form where divers were in close proximity to each other and covered the same habitats.
     Photographs taken on all Dorset Wildlife Trust charter weekends are held by DWT in Dorchester. 
     Records are verified post survey and biotopes are assigned according the information available by DWT using the MNCR 04.05 key.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Shetland Oil Spill Sensitivity Maps

The Shetland oil spill response maps were originally produced under the auspices of SOTEAG over 10 years ago for inclusion in the Sullom Voe Harbour Oil Spill Plan (SVHOSP) and the Shetland Marine Pollution Contingency Plan.  The maps are now updated annually to ensure they are fit for purpose.
     The purpose of the maps is to identify areas that are sensitive in the event of an oil spill and how best to protect them, the maps refer to Shetland only. The maps can only be used to inform oil spill response and SOTEAG reserves copyright and database rights for 18 datasets. There are an additional 6 datasets that whose ownership lies with third parties - these have been manipulated to be specific to oil spill response.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2001 The Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch, Various locations in Dorset, Diver observations and detailed survey records

Seasearch survey dives undertaken in Dorset in 2001. 
     Seasearch is a marine habitat and species recording project for recreational SCUBA divers in the UK. The main aim of these surveys is to gather information on the marine habitats and species surrounding the UK coast, which will assist with their known extent and distribution, and ultimately contribute towards their conservation. Seasearch is co-ordinated nationally by the Marine Conservation Society. Dorset Seasearch has been active since 1995. Original survey sheets are held by Dorset Wildlife Trust, with copies held at Dorset Environmental Records Centre.
     Please note: All of these Seasearch records were originally input into the old Dorset database and were converted over to Marine Recorder v2 in April 2003. The old Dorset database only stored locations as Eastings and Northings values despite entries being made as Lat/Longs. The result is that all these Seasearch records have a Coordinate system of OS ref by default, even though the original paperwork recorded them as Lat/Longs. No accuracy has been lost for the OSGB36 Lat/Longs, as these allegedly translate directly. However, the surveys that used WGS84 Lat/Longs will have a small associated error, so where possible these locations have been re-entered with their original Lat/Longs. Where the Lat/Long datum has not been stated, these records have not been changed as the small error arising from the conversion is believed to be less than the error (~100m) between todays difference between OSGB36 and WGS84 Lat/Longs and the ~100m accuracy error before selective availability was turned off. Please use the Derived from field on the survey event screen to clarify how the location was recorded in the field.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment: North East

The North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment, or NERCZA, is one of a series of projects initiated by English Heritage around the coasts of England. The project was undertaken by Archaeological Research Services Ltd. The NERCZA study area consists of approximately 200km of coastline between the Lowest Astronomical Tide (LAT) and 1km inland from Mean High Water Springs (MHWS), and includes Coquet Island and the Farne Islands which lie offshore and Holy Island, joined to the mainland at low tide by a causeway.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Maritime Archaeology Access and Learning Workshops

The promotion of public knowledge, interest and engagement in issues surrounding maritime archaeology and aggregates is an area where there are many opportunities for increasing the range and profile of education and outreach activities. This is particularly evident in areas close to offshore aggregates dredging areas where there are often highly visible links to the industry through vessels, wharves and transportation. This project focused on capacity building to raise the profile of the resource through education and outreach.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2016 Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Mothecombe Seine Net and Push Net Fish Survey

A site at Mothecombe was surveyed using two different methods. Push netting and seine netting were carried out at Meadowsfoot Beach near Owen's Point. The species caught, by both methods, were recorded to species level where possible. Both the frequency (count data) and the lengths of each individual were captured.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2003-2009 North East Cetacean Project, Location of Minke Whale critical habitat

Minke whale critical habitat and areas of interest. 
      
      See Clark, Dolman and Hoyt (2010) Towards Marine Protected Areas for Cetaceans in Scotland, England and Wales: A scientific review identifying critical habitat with key recommendations. WDCS Report - for detailed methodology and criteria.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Historic Seascape Characterisation: The Irish Sea (English sector)

The project comprises a GIS-based historic seascape characterisation (HSC) of the English sector of the Irish Sea. HSC is guided by the same principles as Historic Landscape Characterisation, and is intended to inform coastal and marine management and planning, with particular reference to the role of English Heritage and its statutory responsibilities. The project will contribute to developing an understanding of the historic character of the marine zone in the North West of England. The project area stretches from the Anglo-Welsh national boundary in the south to the Anglo-Scottish border in the north. Its landward boundary reaches to at least the Mean High Water Mark as well as inland areas which are perceived to have a maritime character. Seaward, the boundary is marked by the limit of UK Controlled Waters

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network