Croker Carbonate Slabs, Mid-Irish Sea
In May 2008 (18-27 May), a survey commissioned by JNCC undertook seabed habitat investigations of two Areas of Search (AoS) for offshore SACs. The objectives of this survey, within the Submarine structures in the mid-Irish Sea AoS and the Solan Bank AoS, were to acquire high quality acoustic data capable of identifying and delineating habitats listed under Annex I of the 1992 EC Habitats Directive; primarily the Annex I habitat Submarine structures made by leaking gases in the former AoS and Annex I Reef habitat in the latter AoS. Surveys consisted of both broad-scale and fine-scale acoustic techniques, utilising sidescan sonar and multibeam swathe bathymetry, along with a variety of ground-truthing techniques including towed and drop down video/stills and Hamon grab sampling. A Rock dredge was also used at a few stations in order to gather samples of epibiota from hard substrata to assist with the taxonomic identification of the video and still images. The range of sampling techniques employed ensured that any Annex I habitats could be adequately described and characterised. For both AoSs survey planning and interpretation of survey data utilised extensive pre-existing data sets.
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Alternate title | GB001117 |
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Date | 2008-05-31 |
Date type | Publication: Date identifies when the resource was issued |
Unique resource identifier | GB001117 |
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Individual name | Helen Ellwood |
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Organisation name | Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) - Marine Conservation Branch, Peterborough |
Delivery point | Monkstone House City Road |
City | Peterborough |
Postal code | PE1 1JY |
Electronic mail address | helen.ellwood@jncc.gov.uk |
Role | Originator: Party who created the resource |
Point of contact
Individual name | Helen Ellwood |
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Organisation name | Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) - Marine Conservation Branch, Peterborough |
Delivery point | Monkstone House City Road |
City | Peterborough |
Postal code | PE1 1JY |
Electronic mail address | helen.ellwood@jncc.gov.uk |
Role | Custodian: Party that accepts accountability and responsability for the data and ensures appropriate care and maintenance of the resource |
Maintenance and update frequency | Not planned: There are no plans to update the data |
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INSPIRE THEMES | Habitats and biotopes |
GEMET | Geology |
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Habitat characterisation
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GDI-Vlaanderen Trefwoorden | Metadata GDI-Vl-conform |
Other keywords | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
Language | English |
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Supplemental Information | Whomersley, P., Wilson, C., Clements, A., Brown, C., Long, D., Leslie, A., Limpenny, D. 2010. Understanding the marine environment - seabed habitat investigations of Submarine Structures in the mid-Irish Sea and Solan Bank Area of Search (AoS). JNCC Report 430. |
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Unique resource identifier | urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 |
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Hierarchy level | Dataset: Information applies to the dataset |
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Statement | Survey techniques: Multibeam echo sounder (Kongsberg EM3000D (300kHz)); Side scan sonar (Benthos SIS 1624); Towed video; Drop camera; Grabs (0.1m2 Hamon grab); Dredges (rock dredge) Original classification: EUNIS and Annex I submarine structures and reefs Translated classification: EUNIS version 2007-11 Link to MESH confidence assessment: https://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/resources/mesh-archive/ |
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Metadata language | English | ||||||||||||||
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Date stamp | 2022-02-17T16:30:18 | ||||||||||||||
Metadata standard name | MEDIN Discovery metadata standard | ||||||||||||||
Metadata standard version | 2.3.4 | ||||||||||||||
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