EMODnet product catalogue
2013 Cefas Subtidal Verification Survey South Dorset MCZ
The South Dorset MCZ is located approximately 17.5 km south of St Alban’s (St Aldhelm’s) Head, to the south-east of Swanage (Figure 1). The South Dorset recommended Reference Area (rRA) sits within this site.
The South Dorset MCZ was included in the proposed network because of its contribution to Ecological Network Guidance (ENG) criteria to broadscale habitats (BSH), and its added ecological importance.
Prioritisation of rMCZ sites for further evidence collection was informed by a gap analysis and evidence assessment. The prime objective was to elevate the confidence status for as many rMCZs as feasible to support designation in terms of the amount and quality of evidence for the presence and extent of broadscale habitat features and habitat FOCI and, where possible, species FOCI. The confidence status was originally assessed in the SADs according to Technical Protocol E (Natural England and the JNCC, 2012).
The confidence score for the presence and extent of broadscale habitats and habitat FOCI reported for the South Dorset rMCZ was considered to be Low to Moderate (Lieberknecht et al., 2011; JNCC and Natural England, 2012). This site was therefore prioritised for additional evidence collection.
The overall survey aim was to collect acoustic and groundtruthing data to allow the production of an updated map which could be used to inform the presence of broadscale habitats and habitat FOCI, and to allow estimates to be made of their spatial extent within the rMCZ1.
Secondary Objectives
-To provide evidence, where possible, of the presence of species FOCI listed within the ENG (Annexes 3 and 4) within the rMCZ.
-To report evidence of human activity occurring within the rMCZ observed during the course of the survey.
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- Alternate title
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GB001331
- Date (Publication)
- 2021-06-18
- Citation identifier
- GB001331
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Natural England
Originator
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
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- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Available under Open Government Licence v3.0
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 80000
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Oceans
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- Begin date
- 2013-01-01
- End date
- 2013-12-31
- Reference system identifier
- http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326
- Distribution format
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Name Version ESRI Shapefile
10.3
GML
3.2.1
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://files.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/data/EMODnetSBHsurvey_GB001331.zip EMODnet Seabed Habitats download
OGC:WMS
https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_view_maplibrary/wms gb001331
OGC:WFS
https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_open_maplibrary/wfs gb001331
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Pass
- Yes
Metadata
- File identifier
- 82ba6cb1c60adaa4eed336fdba245597 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2023-10-24T09:18:41.624Z
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), Peterborough Office
Point of contact
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