AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Habitat point records from 1992-95 DWT Dawlish 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
Habitat point records from 1992-95 DWT Morte Bay 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
Habitat point records from 1992-95 DWT Sidmouth 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
Habitat point records from 1992-94 DWT Babbacombe 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
Habitat point records from 1992-95 DWT Torbay 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
Habitat point records from 1988-89 NRA Orwell Estuary sublittoral survey

The main objective of this study was to assess the impact of the major discharge, Cliff Quay Sewage Treatment works on the benthic fauna of the Orwell Estuary. One Day Grab sample was taken at each of twenty eight sites. Sub samples of the sediment were taken for particle-size analysis and organic carbon content determination. The remainder of each sample was put through a 500 micron sieve and stored for later analysis. The results obtained indicated a gradual improvement of the subtidal fauna in a seaward direction. Four species assemblages were identified correlating with the distance down stream from the Orwell Bridge, the combined percentages of silt and clay and the percentage of organic carbon content. Sites in the upper estuary had low diversity, dominated by Tubificoides pseudogaster, Tubificoides swirencoides and Tharyx sp.. A faunistically impoverished area was observed around the Woolverstone Marina (sites 7-10), whereas an area of relatively high diversity was detected down stream of Collimer Point (sites 19-28).

Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Habitat point records from 1988-89 NRA Orwell Estuary littoral survey

The main objective of this survey was to assess the impact of the major discharge, Cliff Quay Sewage Treatment works on the intertidal fauna of the Orwell Estuary. All twenty five sites were located between Cliff Reach and Shotley Point. A sediment sample was collected at each site for particle-size analysis and organic carbon content determination. Data from sites 1, 4, and 24 are missing from the survey report. In a preliminary survey, the upper estuary had been described as faunistically impoverished, suffering from over-dominance of a few species, in particular Tharyx sp and the tubificids. Contrary to the preliminary survey, no major trends in intertidal species diversity were found along the length of the estuary. Species assemblages were found to be related to the percentage of clay, the percentage of silt and the mean particle size of the sediment. Very high levels of abundance were recorded in the upper estuary, the dominant species being Tubificoides pseudogaster.

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Habitat point records from 1965-70 DAFS Scottish littoral sediment survey

The study of a number of sandy beaches covering a range of environmental conditions revealed faunistic variation which reflected the different species' tolerance of or preference for the conditions prevailing on particular beaches. Whenever a balanced situation in the environmental conditions existed, especially between shelter and exposure, a typical marine north-temperate water community characterised by the bivalve Tellina tenuis was present. This comunity included a basic faunistic complement consisting of polychaetes (both sessile and errant) on the mid and lower shore, and a few crustaceans on the upper shore. Severe exposure restricts diversity, eliminating sedentary forms, especially bivalve molluscs and, encouraging the numerical dominance of agile swimmers such as haustoriid amphipods and isopods. These species have a short life-span and the fauna is characterised by its flexibility. Extreme shelter favours the establishment of a predominantly sessile community of polychaetes and long-living bivalves.

Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Habitat point records from 1990 Dove Marine Laboratory Blyth Estuary 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
Habitat point records from 1991 Evans north-east England littoral sediment survey

A project sponsored by GREENPEACE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST, as one of 3 studies relating to long term changes in the marine fauna and flora of the coast of NE England. The work was based at the Dove Marine Laboratory, under the overall direction of Dr Stewart Evans. Advice on the identification of the taxa collected and the writing of the report were the responsibility of Dr Peter Garwood of Identichaet (Marine Invertebrate Identification). Infaunal samples were collected from an area of 400 cm2 for sieving through a 1.0 mm mesh, and from an area of 100 cm2 for sieving through a 0.5 mm mesh. Records are available for data from both sampling events in Budle Bay, Cullercoats Bay and Tyne Estuary. Granulometric samples were not taken.

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Habitat point records from 1991 ICI north-east England sublittoral sediment survey

The Tees Estuary (north-east England) has been industrialised since the ninteenth century and used for the disposal of industrial and domestic waste. Its physical nature has been changed by canalisation and dredging. In 1970 a number of water quality objectives were established by the Northumbrian River Board and local industry, and during the 1970's water quality improved. Classification analysis identifies 3 faunal associations within the estuary. The seaward end of the estuary has a typical estuarine fauna, and the middle reaches are dominated by an abundant fauna tolerant of organic pollution. Species diversity and abundance increased between 1979 and 1985 with the penetration of marine fauna into the estuary and increase in abundance in the middle reaches.

Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Habitat point records from 1992-96 DWT Ladram 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
Habitat point records from 1991-93 DWT Saunton 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
Habitat point records from 1992-93 DWT Hartland Quay 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
Habitat point records from 1992-94 DWT Plymouth 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
Habitat point records from 1991-95 DWT Orcombe 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
Habitat point records from 1993-94 DWT Appledore and Westward Ho! 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
Habitat point records from 1991-93 DWT Salcombe 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.

Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Habitat point records from 1992-97 DWT Prawle 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
Habitat point records from 1992 DWT Seasearch Salcombe to Prawle Point 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
Habitat point records from 1991 DWT Seasearch Salcombe Harbour 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
Habitat point records from 1969 Gage Lochs Etive, Creran and Lochnell Bay sublittoral survey

The vertical distribution of the benthic fauna associated with soft sediments in sealochs was investigated by divers taking pairs of core samples at a series of depth levels along a transect from the shore out to a maximum depth of 25 m. Eight transects were worked, 5 in Loch Etive, 2 in Loch Creran and 1 in an adjacent area in Lochnell Bay outside the two lochs. The samples from each transect were objectively classified into hierarchical groupings by applying a clustering strategy to the values of an index of faunal similarity derived from the species abundances data. An attempt is made to relate the structures shown to physical differences measured along the transect in terms of depth, topography, sediment granulometry and exposure. In Loch Etive, the groupings were found to be best correlated with the pattern of intense vertical gradients in salinity and temperature. These are caused by the semi-permanent depression of surface salinity by terrestrial drainage. The faunal distributions showed best correlation with the degree of fluctuation of salinity, measured near the transect sites in a long-term hydrographic study, rather than with its mean value. This indicated that the range and speed of salinity fluctuations probably primarily control the observed pattern of vertical zonation of the typically estuarine and euryhaline marine species found in the samples. In Loch Creran and Lochnell Bay, the groupings may best be related to a complex of unstable conditions including wave exposure, sediment type and occasionally reduced surface salinity.

Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Habitat point records from 1989 SRPB Loch Ryan (Galloway Creamery) 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
Habitat point records from 1982 University of Stirling Ruel Estuary (Loch Riddon) 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
Habitat point records from 1987 CEGB Mersey estuary littoral sediment survey

Survey carried out by staff from Fawley marine lab (CEGB) with assistance from EAU (Liverpool University). Study was commissioned by Mersey Barrage Company (MBC), and the findings of the report (Bamber 1988 [R1176]) were used as part of the environmental report presented to MBC by Environmental Resources Ltd, the major environmental contractors/project managers. Raw data supplied by Fawley.

Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Habitat point records from 1984 Queen's University Loch Nevis and Loch Hourn survey

A diving survey of 36 sites; 16 in Loch Nevis, 19 in Loch Hourn and 1 in the Sound of Sleat. Sites are described briefly, and a species list given. The sublittoral topography was mainly of steep sediment slopes from mud to muddy sand and gravel. There are also extensive outcrops of bedrock, heavily silted unless in current. A distinct thermocline was present, with temperatures ranging from 9 degrees Centigrade at 50 m to a maximum of 16 degrees Centigrade at the surface. The range of species found reflects low energy, silt-dominated conditions; Nephrops and all 3 sea pens were found in mud. Neocrania and Protanthea were all characteristic of the otherwise barren bedrock, and Swiftia and Diazona were recorded nearer the mouth. Increased current resulted in large populations of Ophiothrix and Ophiocomina. Few red algae; undergrowth mostly brown species. Several nudibranchs of interest were recorded, and Leptometra celtica, Aureliania and Thyone roscovita.

Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee