Marine Mammal and Marine Turtle Strandings (Welsh Coast) (3rd Party Data)
This dataset contains information on marine mammal and turtle strandings along the Welsh coast. As contributors to the project, former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) now part of Natural Resources Wales (NRW) hold a copy of the data up to 2006. The project is run by the Marine Environment Monitoring group and originally received sponsorship from DEFRA, Natural History Museum and funding from Special Areas of Conservation (SAC's). However the projects funding was cut. The purpose of this data capture was to obtain information on disease and cause of death within marine mammal and turtle populations along the Welsh Coastline.
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Identification
- Identifier
- EXT_DS110043
- Alternative Title
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- Tiriadau mamaliaid morol a chrwbanod mor (arfordir Cymru)
- Metadata Language
- English
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Data includes the number of individuals of different species found stranded, the percentage of live strandings and the number of animals suitable for post mortem. A 24 hour Strandings Answerphone, is interrogated at regular intervals. A network of volunteers, rangers, wardens, coastal officers and harbour masters has been formed who can be contacted by the Strandings Co-ordinator to confirm the stranding, assess its condition and secure the animal from the effects of the tide, predation etc. until it can be dealt with. Dead animals undergo a post mortem examination. Cetacean records are passed to the Natural History Museum in London for correlation. Since 1913, cetacean records have been, and continue to be kept, by the NHM, in co-operation with the Receiver of Wrecks and HM Coastguard.
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2007-02-28
Extent
Extent
- Geographic Extent
- Wales (WLS)
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Vertical Extent
- Medin Extent Keyword
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benthic boundary layer; water column skin
Distribution
- Format Type and Description
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Database
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- Specification
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2006 Annual report and post mortem reports in PDF format MS Access database.
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Quality
Data quality
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Data includes the number of individuals of different species found stranded, the percentage of live strandings and the number of animals suitable for post mortem. A 24 hour Strandings Answerphone, is interrogated at regular intervals. A network of volunteers, rangers, wardens, coastal officers and harbour masters has been formed who can be contacted by the Strandings Co-ordinator to confirm the stranding, assess its condition and secure the animal from the effects of the tide, predation etc. until it can be dealt with. Dead animals undergo a post mortem examination. Cetacean records are passed to the Natural History Museum in London for correlation. Since 1913, cetacean records have been, and continue to be kept, by the NHM, in co-operation with the Receiver of Wrecks and HM Coastguard.
Keywords
Keywords
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-06-01
Keywords
- NRW Thesaurus
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- cetaceans (see also specific species)
- marine mammals
- strandings
- marine and freshwater inventory
- 3rd Party Data
- Third Party Data
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-12-31
Keywords
- SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
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- Cetacean mortality
- Seal mortality
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Citation
- Date (Revision)
- 2021-01-06
Spatial Reference System
Content
Content Information
NRW Profile
Custom Elements
Constraints
Constraints
Limitations on Public Access and Use
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Access Constraints Directive
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- no limitations
Access Constraints Text
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This dataset is wholly owned by Marine Environmental Monitoring. NRW may provide access to this dataset on request in some circumstances. However, enquirers are advised to obtain a copy from the owner/originator directly, rather than NRW. NRW may NOT publish or disseminate it in its entirety.
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© Marine Environmental Monitoring 2007. NRW does NOT grant permission to third parties to re-use or disseminate this dataset. Those seeking such permission should approach the originator directly.