A Natural England commissioned verification survey of intertidal rocky reef within the Torbay rMCZ. Phase I Biotope mapping was carried out across the rMCZ for broad scale habitats. Phase II survey comprised of a quantitative quadrat survey to provide information on the benthic infaunal assemblages, with percentage cover of species present within each quadrat being recorded. The data was used to produce a EUNIS Level 3 boradscale habitat map of the Torbay rMCZ.

A Natural England commissioned verification survey of intertidal sediment within the Torbay rMCZ. Phase I Biotope mapping was carried out across the rMCZ for broad scale habitats. Phase II Infaunal sampling was carried out to provide information on the benthic infaunal assemblages and particle size distribution of the study sites by means of core sampling. Sediment surface scrapes were obtained for heavy metals and organic contaminants analysis. The data was used to produce a EUNIS Level 3 boradscale habitat map of the Torbay rMCZ.

Subtidal Habitat Mapping from multibeam data. Maritime and Coastguard Agency survey (various contractors), no groundtruthing.

Subtidal Habitat Mapping from multibeam data. Maritime and Coastguard Agency survey (various contractors), no groundtruthing.

Subtidal Habitat Mapping from multibeam data. Maritime and Coastguard Agency survey (various contractors), no groundtruthing.

A Natural England commissoined verification survey of intertidal sediments within the Skerries Bank and Surrounds rMCZ. Phase I Biotope mapping was carried out across the rMCZ for broad scale habitats. Phase II Infaunal sampling was carried out to provide information on the benthic infaunal assemblages and particle size distribution of the study sites by means of core sampling. Sediment surface scrapes were obtained for heavy metals and organic contaminants analysis. The data was used to produce a EUNIS Level 3 boradscale habitat map of the Skerries Bank and Surrounds rMCZ.

A Natural England commissioned verification survey. Littoral biotope survey and condition assessment of the Lynher Estuary SSSI. The purpose of the study was to establish a physical and biological baseline dataset to facilitate an assessment of favourable condition status of littoral sediment habitats of the SSSI site, as well as identifying species and biotopes that are representative and/or notable within the Lynher Estuary, in particular the distribution and extent of saltmarsh. The study comprised of Phase I and Phase II surveys. Phase I comprised of groundtruthing aerial photography to establish the distribution and extent of intertidal biotopes, interest features and species. Followed by Phase II; detailed descriptions of biotopes present , flora and fauna species list and abundance, as well as sediment characteristics by means of box-core sampling. The data was used to produce a detailed biotope map of the Lynher Estuary.

Broadscale EUNIS habitat map covering ~3,400 sq km lying >12 km off Portland/Lyme Bay, to the UK/France median line. Aimed at searching for Annex I 'Rocky reef' habitats. Based on expert interpretation of multiple data sets including using Benthic Terrain Modeller applied to full-coverage single-beam digital bathymetry (licensed from SeaZone), complementary Cefas acoustic surveys with directed ground truth sampling (video and still images), and the BGS seabed sediments chart modified according to the simplified 4-class Folk trigion used by MESH and EUNIS (Coarse, Mixed, Sand, Mud).

Data set containing details of seagrass beds in Tor Bay, Devon -partial survey

Detailed pilot survey carried out on the reef habitat around the Eddystone Reef off Plymouth as part of a project to identify potential SACs which are not connected to the coast. Phase 1 of the survey used acoustic methods to accurately map the extent of the rocky reef and the areas of mixed sediment around the Eddystone Lighthouse. The area of interest is approximately 10 nautical miles south west of the Plymouth sound and covers and area of about 520 sq km. Data from the acoustic and ground-truth (grab, photography and video) surveys have now been analysed and reported on and the results used to direct a second phase of survey.