AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
2021 Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) and the University of Exeter Fal and Helford Special Area of Conservation Acoustic Survey of the seagrass beds

Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (Cornwall IFCA) were contracted by the University of Exeter to map the extent of the seagrass within the Fal and Helford Special Area of Conservation (SAC). The contract includes joint intellectual property (IP) of all data collected. 
     In 2020, Cornwall Council declared a climate emergency and set new targets to achieve carbon net zero by 2030. To achieve carbon neutrality, a climate change action plan was produced. The project was commissioned to consider how specialist evidence and development of nature recovery plans can be used in the marine environment to help deliver Cornwall Councils carbon neutral and environmental growth goals. The seagrass was mapped âto gather specialist evidence for restoration plans and blue carbon accounts to guide the delivery of practical measures to maximise marine nature recovery and carbon drawdown by eelgrass in the Fal and Helford estuariesâ (Cornwall Council, 2021). 
     The aim of the survey was to map the extent and coverage of the seagrass beds within the Fal and Helford SAC using a Biosonics MX Scientific Echosounder. In total 407 MX tows were completed of which 403 were included in the analysis.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2012 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
2006 Tom Kennedy, Portland Harbour Dorset, Snorkel sightings

Sightings made by Tom Kennedy whilst snorkelling in Portland harbour (2 separate occasions). 
     1. Snorkel sightings from outfall pipe within 100m of Portland Castle in Portland Harbour. Snorkel done at low tide over mixed rock and muddy sand sea floor, depth 1.5m. 1 Shanny (Lipophrys pholis) and 1 female Black faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) seen.
     2. Mixed sand and silt with Portland stone boulders in the harbour, running alongside a storm outfall pipe. Large areas of seaweed seen (mostly Ulva sp.)  as well as Fifteen-spine sticklebacks (Spinachia spinachia), Black goby (Gobius niger), Black faced blennies (Tripterygion delaisi) thought to be either all females or non-breeding males, conger eel (Conger conger) and Shannies (Lipophrys pholis). One cushion star seen (Asterina gibbosa), very pale form, almost cream on both sides. Additional comments: 'One Black faced blenny seen defending its territory against another'.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2009 The Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch, Various locations in Dorset, Diver observations and detailed survey records

Seasearch surveys conducted across the county of Dorset at various locations. Chartered boats were used for weekend events from Weymouth and Poole between the months of May and September. Club and individual dives have also added to Dorset Seasearch, as have the records from Seasearch training dives and specialist courses. 
     Data from mapping sources have been used to identify sites to dive for the weekend Dorset Wildlife Trust charters. The focus of these surveys were BAP habitats and species as well as ground truthing the acoustic seabed maps. Data from these DWT events was often combined to produce one or two detailed surveyor forms, as opposed to multiple records for the same site.
     Photographs were taken on all Dorset Wildlife Trust charter weekends and 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
2009 Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) Northern Ireland distribution of Spartina anglica

One of the greatest problems facing conservation in the British Isles is the spread and establishment of introduced species. Common cord-grass (Spartina anglica) is a highly invasive species which causes extensive ecological damage to intertidal habitats particularly mudflats and saltmarsh. The current survey represents the second of a three phase survey to establish the extent of cord-grass invasion and colonization throughout Northern Ireland.

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2010 Defra MB0106 Protected Wreck Exclusion Zones

This sub-sub-datalayer comprises shipwreck, submarine, and aircraft crash sites, located within the search area that has been designated as sites of some level of historic interest and/or significance, and as such are protected under relevant legislation. A sub layer of the Maritime Archaeology Designations Sub layer, which itself is one of a series of 4 Maritime Archaeology sub datalayers.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
1993 - 1994 School of Biological Sciences, Swansea University, Sedimentary Shores in Poole Harbour, Box core sampling survey

All these records relate to "Dyrynda, Lewis (1994) Sedimentary shores in Poole Harbour: Bait harvesting and other human impacts" A copy of the report is held at English Nature (Dorset Team).
     Poole Harbour is known to support substantial populations of bait species. The aims of this study, commissioned by the South-West Region of English Nature, are to assess the ecological status of the northern shores of Poole Harbour in terms of the invertebrate infauna, with particular emphasis on the larger species used for fishing bait. Nine shore locations were selected for detailed evaluation, 7 within the north-east sector of the Harbour, and 2 to the north-west. The shores selected represented a range of sedimentary types and all experience significant levels of bait digging. Box core samples of 0.05 m sq were taken at a range of levels at 50m intervals along a downshore transect at each site. Two randomly located samples were taken at each site (0.05m sq box core was pushed into the sediment to a depth of 0.15m), this was sieved through a 1mm mesh. Infaunal samples were identified in the lab. All species densities are expressed as numbers per metre sq of shore. Fieldwork was undertaken between November 1993 - February 1994.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2006 EMU Ltd, Portland Harbour Dorset, Benthic Invertebrate and Sediment Survey

The Yacht Havens Group Ltd (YHG Ltd), along with their consultants, Cascade Consulting of Manchester, commissioned EMU Ltd to undertake an environmental survey that was compatible with an original survey in the area undertaken by Royal Haskoning in 2002. The original survey was carried out as part of the Environmental Statement submitted with the planning application for the redevelopment of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy site (WPNSA) undertaken at that time. 
     The present survey was constructed with advice from English Nature and relates to planning applications that among other aims, will involve dredging of an inshore area, relating to further marina construction, in close proximity to WPNSA building itself, in Portland Harbour.
     The survey undertaken for YHG Ltd was combined with a survey already commissioned by the WPNSA whose focus was mainly the population of Armandia cirrhosa (the lagoon sandworm) in Portland Harbour. The structure of the surveys enabled them to be amalgamated, with some sites to be shared regarding the sampling regime, and an agreement was entered into by YHG Ltd and WPNSA to share any data relating to infauna, contaminants and particle size distribution. For that reason additional data from the survey for WPNSA is included here in the relevant areas and in selected appendices where appropriate, either for presentation purposes or for access to data as required by YHG Ltd. Any specific information that the YHG Ltd may wish to access that is not presented here, will be a matter for the relevant parties to discuss amongst themselves as required.
     The main objective of the survey was to undertake a full benthic invertebrate analysis of the area, along with the related Particle Size Analysis (PSA) of the associated sediments and to establish likely effects, if any, on the invertebrate community as a result of construction undertaken in the area.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
North Sea Palaeolandscape Project

The North Sea Palaeolandscapes Project (2005 - 2006) sought to utilise existing 3D seismic data to generate information on the Mesolithic Landscape of the North Sea. The North Sea Palaeolandscapes Project utilised a variety of geophysical data sources, in conjunction with more traditional map data to record the Mesolithic landscape of this region. The primary data set (not included in this archive) consisted of the 3D seismic 'Mega-Survey' as compiled by Petroleum Geo-Services and kindly provided to University of Birmingham to assist this research.

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1993 - 2013 North Western Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (NWIFCA) Cumbrian Coast Shore Survey

The original aim of the survey was to give an overview of the shore life and physical features of the coastline within the former Cumbria Sea Fisheries Committee (CSFC) district. The 11 sites chosen were selected as being representative of the different rocky shore ecology types present on the Cumbrian coast. The sites are now surveyed annually in order to provide information on species and habitats present and to record any changes which may have occurred due to either natural changes or anthropogenic activity. These surveys began in 1993 and the data gathered has built up into an extremely valuable time series.

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Coccolithophore experimental data for Kottmeier et al Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2022

Experimental data underpinning 2022 PNAs publication  Kottmeier et al 2022.  Data comprises growth and calcification, electrophysiology, intracellular pH imaging and coccolith morphology under a range of ocean acidification acclimation scenarios for Coccolithus braarudii.

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2014-026 Teeside Geophysical Survey Charting and Reporting

Teesside Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) is a 62 MW site comprised of 27 turbines, and is owned and operated by Teesside Windfarm Limited (TWL).  Osiris Projects were contracted to provide surveys in order to monitor the seabed state, specifically the identification of seabed debris and scour or sediment accretion within the wind farm area. The survey was completed under LOGIC Terms and Conditions.  The survey works were conducted by MV Lia and were carried out between 19th August and 3rd September 2014. 
     The aim of the survey was:
     - To identify debris within the construction area;
     - To identify changes to seabed morphology, to enable the evaluation of the effectiveness of installed scour protection and ratify the predictions for scour development;
     - Inform the foundation and cable maintenance schedule;
     - To satisfy the requirements of the Marine License, specifically the monitoring of Archaeological Exclusion Zones.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2015 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
1998 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
Developing Magnetometer Techniques to Identify Submerged Archaeological Sites

In March 2009 English Heritage commissioned Historic Environment Projects, Cornwall Council to carry out an initial theoretical study to result in an Updated Project Design (UPD) to inform field trials of different types of marine magnetometer in controlled conditions. The project was funded through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF). The main part of the theoretical study was carried out by a team of external maritime and/or geophysics specialists.

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2008-2009 Guy and Roberts Strangford Lough Crassostrea records

The Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) was introduced into Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland in the 1970s. It was assumed that local environmental conditions would not facilitate successful reproduction. However, in the 1990s there were reports of C. gigas outside licensed aquaculture sites and this investigation set out to ascertain the current distribution, years of likely recruitment and population structure of the species. C. gigas were found distributed widely throughout the northern basin during surveys; the frequency distribution suggesting C. gigas is not recruiting every year. Establishment of feral populations of C. gigas elsewhere have linked to habitat change. A pilot cull was initiated to assess the success rate of early intervention. This paper demonstrates the potential benefits of responding rapidly to initial reports of non-native species in a way that may curtail establishment and expansion. The method advocated in simple and can be recommended to the appropriate regulatory authorities.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
MEDIN Gazetteer of Marine Points of Interest v2 (November 2013)

A GIS dataset consisting of a merged dataset consisting of points and centroids of line and polygon features for marine points of interest in the UK. There are 50,163 features in total, for example, "Dogger Bank", "Wolf Rock", "Bude Bay" and "Anton Dohrn Seamount". The constituent datasets are separately available as GIS layers; MEDIN Gazetteer of Named Marine Areas v2 (November 2013), MEDIN Gazetteer of Coastline Features and MEDIN Gazetteer of Sea Features.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2011 Recreation: Important areas for diving around Grampian

In order to better understand the nature, extent and intensity of interactions amongst coastal users, Marine Scotland asked the Local Coastal Partnerships to collect spatial data not already represented in national datasets. This map shows areas important areas for diving around Grampian. It was created by the East Grampian Local Coastal Partnership, and covers the area of sea out to 12 miles. The source was from seasearch and represents the whole of the Grampian Region. There are other reasons for going diving which have not been captured and so the data set is incomplete.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
1999 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
2004 The Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch, Lyme Bay Dorset, Dive survey

Two weekends of diving by groups of divers, co-ordinated by Lin Baldock as Marine Conservation Society (MCS) dives, were carried out on 14th/15th August and 16th/17th October 2004 in Lyme Bay.  Ten sites were covered and a total of 37 Seasearch forms completed between the various buddy pairs with 24 divers taking part.  Divers ranged from professional marine biological surveyors and professional photographers to amateur marine biologist volunteers.  Areas surveyed were between Beer Home Ground and Sawtooth Ledges and funding was provided by Devon Biodiversity Records Centre and Seasearch.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2002 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary joint broad-scale mapping survey

The Firth of Tay and the Eden Estuary are situated on the east coast of Scotland between Carnoustie in the north and St Andrews in the south and the site has been selected as a candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC). The qualifying features include estuaries, mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide, sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time and common seals Phoca vitulina. It is also an important site for overwintering wildfowl and waders. In order that a comprehensive management plan can be developed to ensure the sustainable use of resources within the marine cSAC it is essential to obtain an understanding of the geographic distribution and extent of the habitats of interest. A comprehensive biotope mapping survey of the intertidal and subtidal habitats was undertaken in the summer of 2002, by a collaborative research group comprising staff from the University of St Andrews, Heriot-Watt University and SNH. Mapping of the intertidal was accomplished principally through the employment of QuickBird satellite imagery, ground truthed with data collected in intertidal field survey (at a subset of locations samples were collected for sediment infauna and granulometric analysis).  Subtidal areas of the site were surveyed by rapid broad scale acoustic techniques, ground truthed with data collected in the field using ROV, epifaunal samples by naturalists dredge and infaunal samples collected by both pipe and Van Veen grab; subsamples retained for granulometric analysis.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2016 Marine Biological Association (MBA) Plymouth Hoe Bioblitz Survey

Organised and run by the Marine Biological Association (MBA) in Plymouth, annual BioBlitz surveys take place in/around Plymouth (sites in Devon and Cornwall). The aim of this survey was to record as many species as possible as being present within a set survey area in Plymouth, Devon over 24-hours.  A variety of different methods were employed, including times-species searches, plankton netting, Seine-netting, Pond-dipping with nets, mammal trapping, walkovers, push-netting, grab/core, transect/quadrat, and including Dive and snorkel surveys, although most records were ad-hoc sightings made during the 24 hour survey. This was the 8th annual survey run by the MBA. All records were submitted via iRecord (either using the iRecord mobile app by recorders or via the iRecord website project page by the Data Team). All records were verified by experts and data team staff.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2011 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