AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Origin of video transects, i.e. location of start of video footage, with habitat characterisation from Wight-Barfleur Reef SCI

Origin of video transects, i.e. location of start of video footage, with habitat characterisation from Wight-Barfleur Reef SCI  (CEND 03/13). ArcGIS point feature class. Origin of video transects, i.e. location of start of video footage, with habitat characterisation across Wight-Barfleur Reef candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC). Video footage was collected during the following survey:
Survey of Wight-Barfleur Reef cSAC aboard RV Cefas Endeavour, cruise code CEND0313, between 18/03/2013 and 27/03/2013
Survey of Wight-Barfleur Extension rMCZ aboard RV Cefas Endeavour, cruise code CEND0312, between 27/02/2012 and 28/02/2012
In addition, data extracted from selected video samples (i.e., thosefalling inside the Wight-BarfleurReefcSAC boundary) acquired during the following survey were also included in analyses:
Survey for the project 'Broadscale mapping of hard substrates in the central English Channel' (ME1102), conducted aboard RV Cefas Endeavour, cruise code CEND1406, between 03/08/2006 and 06/08/2006.
In total,174 videosamples were interpreted, 123 from CEND0313, 29 from CEND0312, and 22 from CEND1406. A drop-camera was used in all three survey; the position reference point for coordinates was the side gantry.SOL position coordinates are provided for each segment (habitat type) identified through processing of the video footage. Each segment within a sample is suffixed _S1, _S2, _S3, etc.

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Species point records from 1987 OPRU HRE Avon and Erme Estuaries littoral survey

This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act 1990, was undertaken by JNCC on behalf of the conservation agencies up to its completion in 1998. The MNCR was initiated to provide a comprehensive baseline of information on marine habitats and species, to aid coastal zone and sea-use management and to contribute to the identification of areas of marine natural heritage importance throughout Great Britain. Data collected through the MNCR was stored in the Marine Recorder database, and has been extracted from Marine Recorder to produce this dataset. For more details, see http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1596.

Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Species point records from 1988 OPRU HRE Camel Estuary littoral survey

This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act 1990, was undertaken by JNCC on behalf of the conservation agencies up to its completion in 1998. The MNCR was initiated to provide a comprehensive baseline of information on marine habitats and species, to aid coastal zone and sea-use management and to contribute to the identification of areas of marine natural heritage importance throughout Great Britain. Data collected through the MNCR was stored in the Marine Recorder database, and has been extracted from Marine Recorder to produce this dataset. For more details, see http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1596.

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Species point records from 1988 OPRU HRE Hayle Estuary littoral survey

This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act 1990, was undertaken by JNCC on behalf of the conservation agencies up to its completion in 1998. The MNCR was initiated to provide a comprehensive baseline of information on marine habitats and species, to aid coastal zone and sea-use management and to contribute to the identification of areas of marine natural heritage importance throughout Great Britain. Data collected through the MNCR was stored in the Marine Recorder database, and has been extracted from Marine Recorder to produce this dataset. For more details, see http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1596.

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Species point records from 1994 MNCR west mainland Scotland lagoon survey

This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act 1990, was undertaken by JNCC on behalf of the conservation agencies up to its completion in 1998. The MNCR was initiated to provide a comprehensive baseline of information on marine habitats and species, to aid coastal zone and sea-use management and to contribute to the identification of areas of marine natural heritage importance throughout Great Britain. Data collected through the MNCR was stored in the Marine Recorder database, and has been extracted from Marine Recorder to produce this dataset. For more details, see http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1596.

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Species point records from 1994 MNCR north and east mainland Scotland lagoon survey

This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act 1990, was undertaken by JNCC on behalf of the conservation agencies up to its completion in 1998. The MNCR was initiated to provide a comprehensive baseline of information on marine habitats and species, to aid coastal zone and sea-use management and to contribute to the identification of areas of marine natural heritage importance throughout Great Britain. Data collected through the MNCR was stored in the Marine Recorder database, and has been extracted from Marine Recorder to produce this dataset. For more details, see http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1596.

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Species point records from 1994 MNCR North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist lagoon survey

This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act 1990, was undertaken by JNCC on behalf of the conservation agencies up to its completion in 1998. The MNCR was initiated to provide a comprehensive baseline of information on marine habitats and species, to aid coastal zone and sea-use management and to contribute to the identification of areas of marine natural heritage importance throughout Great Britain. Data collected through the MNCR was stored in the Marine Recorder database, and has been extracted from Marine Recorder to produce this dataset. For more details, see http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1596. Records currently considered sensitive have been removed from this dataset.

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Species point records from 1994 MNCR Orkney lagoons survey

This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act 1990, was undertaken by JNCC on behalf of the conservation agencies up to its completion in 1998. The MNCR was initiated to provide a comprehensive baseline of information on marine habitats and species, to aid coastal zone and sea-use management and to contribute to the identification of areas of marine natural heritage importance throughout Great Britain. Data collected through the MNCR was stored in the Marine Recorder database, and has been extracted from Marine Recorder to produce this dataset. For more details, see http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1596.

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Species point records from 1988 OPRU HRE Teign Estuary survey

The Teign estuary is situated on the south coast of Devon and opens into Babbacombe Bay. The estuary runs west to east for some 6.5km from Newton Abbot to the head, to Teignmouth on the northern shore, and Shaldon, on the southern shore, at the mouth. The estuary has a moderate freshwater input, and strong tidal flows are set up in the lower estuary. These flows have scoured a deep pit (9m below chart datum) at the mouth of the estuary. The dominant substrata are soft sediments, these are coarse in nature at the mouth, with an increasing proportion of mud as one moves up the estuary. Hard substrata occur at the mouth of the estuary as the bedrock shores of the Ness, and as cobbles and boulders in the scour pit and at various upper shore sites in the mid-upper estuary. The railway embankment, training wall and the quays provied artificial hard substrata. The area is very popular with tourists and small boat users. The Teign is one of the few south-western estuaries where water skiing and powerboat racing are permitted. Teignmouth is also an important fishing port, with near, and mid-distance trawlers using it as a base. Within the estuary shell fish and oysters and mussels are cultivated, and salmon, trout and bass are taken seasonally by netting. There are few previous marine biological studies which have sampled from the Teign. Twenty-seven intertidal, two sub-tidal diving and seven sub-tidal dredge sites were surveyed. These were categorised into nineteen intertidal and eight sub-tidal communities which are described. Species lists are tabulated. The bend at the mouth provides an abrupt change from exposed to sheltered conditions at the mouth. The bedrock shore at the Ness is moderately rich, and similar to other bedrock shores in the region. The most diverse communities occured on the scoured boulders on Shaldon Pool, where the combination of degree of scour, and the substrate, is probably unique to the Teign. The hard substrate adjacent to the Shaldon Bridge and the lower shore community on the Salty were also diverse. In the mid and upper estuary typical estuarine communities dominate. The scientific interest and conservation importance of the area has been assessed using standard criteria, and the conservation importance of habitats and communities in the area have been provisionally graded as Local, Regional or National Importance. No habitats or communities of National Importance were identified. The rock pools of the Ness, the lower estuary hard substrata lower shore assemblages, the Lanice beds and pools on the salty and the sublittoral communities in the pit off Den Point were identified as being of particular scientific interest or conservation importance.

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Species point records from 1991 MNCR inner Solway Firth littoral survey

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 at its head around Rockcliffe Marsh. Within the inner Solway, hard substrata is limited in extent, with scoured boulder scars in the south of the area and some true rocky shores fringing the sediment flats west of Sotherness Point. The coastline of the middle and upper reaches of the estuary is largely linear, with only Moricambe, the River Nith and the Rough Firth/Auchencairn Bay complex providing any variation. The west side of Auchencairn Bay marks the end of the sediment shores, giving way to predominantly rocky shoreline more characteristic of the outer Solway. The rocky coastline is only disrupted by large areas of sediment in Kirkudbright Bay, Fleet Bay and Wigtown Bay. From Burrow Head the coastline swings north-west into the vast Luce Bay, which extends to the Mull of Galloway. The bay is headed by Luce Sands which are over 8km long and backed by Torrs Warren, a broad area of sand dunes. Beware ! the infauna has been entered in the epifauna window In June 1991 survey work was completed on the north coast of the Solway Firth, between Luce Sands and Mullock Bay following reccomendations by Covey (1990). The inner Solway, from Maryport to Balcarry Point was surveyed in August 1991. Both surveys contributed to MNCR work in the north-east basin of the Irish Sea. On the north coast of the outer Solway 17 littoral sites were surveyed and 83 habitats recorded. From the inner Solway 28 sites were surveyed and 91 habitats recorded. Using records collected on both surveys, 6 hard substrata, 5 mixed substrata and 4 soft substrata habitat/community types were described. Variations of the communities on the rocky shores were described from wave exposed/open coast sites and wave sheltered enclosed coast sites. Two facies of one sedimentary shore community were also identified. The rocky sites were predominantly barnacle and fucoid dominated with extensive mussel beds on the lower shores at some sites. At the more exposed sites Chthalamus montagui was the predominant as a band on the upper shore with Balanus balanoides and Fucus vesiculosus on the lower shore. More sheltered sites were characterised by Pelvetia canaliculata on the upper shore and Ascophyllum nodosum on the lower shore. Mixed substrata boulder scars were described according to their stability and the amount of sedimentary material binding the larger material: providing a matrix for polychaetes etc to colonise. Soft substratum communities and habitats split broadly into two groups; enclosed coast estuarine fine sands and muds, and open coast fine sands. Within these two splits, finer divisions occurred on the basis of stability and wave exposure, which affected the sediment composition and species presence/abundance.

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Species point records from 1991 MNCR Lune Deep sublittoral survey

The sublittoral hard substrata between Morecambe Bay and Whitehaven was surveyed in 1991 as part of the survey of the north-eastern coast of the Irish Sea for the MNCR. This part of the coast is predominantly sedimentary both in the littoral and sublittoral. The coastline south of Whitehaven to the Isle of Walney is generally linear except for the indentations of the Ravenglass and Duddon estuaries. The Isle of Walney is a barrier island which protects the sheltered waters of the Walney Channel to the east. The extensive sand flats of Morecambe Bay are cut by the Lune Deep which stretches south-westwards from the entrance of the Wyre Channel. Only isolated areas of hard substrata are present in the sublittoral. The most extensive area is the Lune Deep, a glacially formed kettle hole with steep boulder and cobble sides. Smaller areas of rock are present at St Bees Head, where there is outcropping bedrock. More characteristic of the region are the glacial boulder scars found littorally and sublittorally along the open coast and in the Walney Channel. Eighteen sublittoral sites were surveyed on the hard substrata. Seven hard substrata communities were identified from four seperate survey areas: St Bees Head with its exposed sand scoured communities; the rich flora and fauna of an exposed boulder scar at Selker Rocks; the sheltered tide swept scar at Head Scar in the Walney Channel, and the dense hydroid and bryozoan turf in the Lune Deep. Three sediment communities associated with these regions are briefly described. Two hundred and six taxa were identified from the surveys.

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Species point records from 1991 MNCR Cumbria sublittoral survey

The sublittoral hard substrata between Morecambe Bay and Whitehaven was surveyed in 1991 as part of the survey of the north-eastern coast of the Irish Sea for the MNCR. This part of the coast is predominantly sedimentary both in the littoral and sublittoral. The coastline south of Whitehaven to the Isle of Walney is generally linear except for the indentations of the Ravenglass and Duddon estuaries. The Isle of Walney is a barrier island which protects the sheltered waters of the Walney Channel to the east. The extensive sand flats of Morecambe Bay are cut by the Lune Deep which stretches south-westwards from the entrance of the Wyre Channel. Only isolated areas of hard substrata are present in the sublittoral. The most extensive area is the Lune Deep, a glacially formed kettle hole with steep boulder and cobble sides. Smaller areas of rock are present at St Bees Head, where there is outcropping bedrock. More characteristic of the region are the glacial boulder scars found littorally and sublittorally along the open coast and in the Walney Channel. Eighteen sublittoral sites were surveyed on the hard substrata. Seven hard substrata communities were identified from four seperate survey areas: St Bees Head with its exposed sand scoured communities; the rich flora and fauna of an exposed boulder scar at Selker Rocks; the sheltered tide swept scar at Head Scar in the Walney Channel, and the dense hydroid and bryozoan turf in the Lune Deep. Three sediment communities associated with these regions are briefly described. Two hundred and six taxa were identified from the surveys. Records currently considered sensitive have been removed from this dataset.

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Species point records from 1991 MNCR Loch Long (Lochalsh) littoral survey

This rapid survey was undertaken to supplement observations from Loch Long in Connor 1989 (CSD Report 977, MNCR Report SR/010) and particulary to investigate distribution of species on hard substrata in relation to the lowered salinity which eists along Loch Long. The flora and fauna present on hard substrata along Loch Long clearly reflects the salinity gradient. Effects of very low salinity at the head of the loch are less marked than expected with Fucus ceranoides confined to streams. The Fucus muscoides bed was very well developed. The apparently very dense population of Mya arenaria in the sand and sandy mud of the delta at the head of the loch is notable if only because extensive pure sediments areunusual in sealochs.

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Species point records from 1992 MNCR Deben and Ore estuaries littoral survey

This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act 1990, was undertaken by JNCC on behalf of the conservation agencies up to its completion in 1998. The MNCR was initiated to provide a comprehensive baseline of information on marine habitats and species, to aid coastal zone and sea-use management and to contribute to the identification of areas of marine natural heritage importance throughout Great Britain. Data collected through the MNCR was stored in the Marine Recorder database, and has been extracted from Marine Recorder to produce this dataset. For more details, see http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1596.

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Species point records from 1974 ITE Shetland littoral rock survey

Coastal Habitats - Physical Characteristics - Part 6.1: A set of non-selective regular sampling points on the coast of Shetland were investigated and this report gives a method to generalise from these to other points of interest using clearly repeatable criteria. The aim of this exercise was to `provide a classification of the Shetland coast using these criteria to provide a sampling and intellectual framework for describing the coastal biology of Shetland and as a basis for monitoring the effects of oil development`. Every intercept of the 1 km OS grid was used as a sample point. One hundred and six attributes in 17 different categories were used to determine the coastal type at 1723 sample points. Analysis of results was undertaken by Recipricol Averaging and Indicator Species Analysis. Eight coastal types were determined, described and mapped. There is a key to the 8 coastal types. Littoral Biota of Rocky Shores - Part 6.2: Eighty sites were surveyed. At each site, the abundance of species was recorded at stations established at vertical intervals of the tenth of the tidal range. In Part 1, results were analysed by Reciprocal Averaging and by Indicator Species Analysis. The latter analysis seperates shores into 8 groups which roughly corresponded to the distribution of shore communities in relation to wave exposure. Each group is described and distribution mapped. In Part 2, a description is given of the shores in each of the 8 map groups and a table showing occurrence of 126 species at each of the sites is presented. Reaches were chosen to obtain a representative sample of the various conditions on mainland and tended towards areas where a diverse fauna might be expected. Work was undertaken by staff from the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

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Species point records from 1992 MNCR Deben estuary and Orford Ness sublittoral survey

This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act 1990, was undertaken by JNCC on behalf of the conservation agencies up to its completion in 1998. The MNCR was initiated to provide a comprehensive baseline of information on marine habitats and species, to aid coastal zone and sea-use management and to contribute to the identification of areas of marine natural heritage importance throughout Great Britain. Data collected through the MNCR was stored in the Marine Recorder database, and has been extracted from Marine Recorder to produce this dataset. For more details, see http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1596.

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Species point records from 1987 Foster-Smith/Foster-Smith Beadnell to Dunstanburgh (Northumberland) littoral survey

1. This survey of the littoral and sublittoral habitats between Anstead Rocks and Dunstanburgh Castle, in Northumberland, has been designed to provide marine biologocal information for an assesment of conservation interest of the site. 2. Part of this information consists of basic habitat and species data collected on standard MNCR habitat recording forms, and species checklists. 3. The survey also describes the area in terms of assemblages and this information is presented as 30 generalised assemblage descriptions, line drawings and distribution maps. 4. Marine conservation interest of the study area is evaluated in the wide regional context of other open-coast sites. 5. The area is considered to have many fine examples of representative habitats for the region as well as some less common habitats. While there are few rare species assemblages, species diversity is high. 6. The area is scenically outstanding and lies in part of Northumberland that has considerable existing conservation interest.

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Species point records from 1992 MNCR Orwell and Stour Estuaries sublittoral survey

This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act 1990, was undertaken by JNCC on behalf of the conservation agencies up to its completion in 1998. The MNCR was initiated to provide a comprehensive baseline of information on marine habitats and species, to aid coastal zone and sea-use management and to contribute to the identification of areas of marine natural heritage importance throughout Great Britain. Data collected through the MNCR was stored in the Marine Recorder database, and has been extracted from Marine Recorder to produce this dataset. For more details, see http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1596.

Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee