Survey of the Littoral Zone of Great Britain

Between 1970 and 1980 NCC contracted a survey on the littoral zone of the coast of Great Britain. Former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) now part of Natural Resources Wales (NRW) holds a series of reports prepared under this contract as well as data in Marine Recorder. The purpose of this data capture was: - To record the distribution of habitats and the associated organisms in the littoral zone of Great Britain in order to verify existing information, fill gaps in knowledge, and ensure uniformity in the description. - To make a photographic record of the main types of littoral habitats and the associated plant and animals. - To develop suitable criteria for the assessment and selection of key areas in terms of their scientific and conservation value and assess the information collected by the criteria and so select key areas, and to zone the rest of the coast in relation to the key areas.

Identifier: NRW_DS111212

Alternative Title

1970-80 SMBA/MBA Great Britain littoral survey JNCCMNCR10000265
Arolwg o barth rhynglanwol Prydain Fawr

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: Surveys were timed wherever possible to coincide with good spring tides in the spring and autumn. Details of the habitat and species found down to Low Water Spring (LWS) were recorded using small cassette tape recorders or notebooks. As wide an area of shore as possible was investigated in order to include micro-habitats such as overhangs, pools and the under surfaces of boulders. Photographs were taken to show the topography of the shore, zonation, details of species assemblages, and the relation of the shore to the coast backing it. The abundance of species was roughly estimated in relation to the normal abundance of that species. Information on sites and records of species from published papers, reports, and various National recording schemes was also collated. The results of the south west Wales report contributed to the Pembrokeshire Marine Species Atlas (PMSA)- see separate metadata entry and Marine Recorder survey '1976-78 Bartrop PMSA - South West Wales littoral zone survey' (MRCCW10000000035)

Additional Information: The survey team consisted of experts from the Scottish Marine Biological Association and the Marine Biological Association. The number of shores that could be visited and the length of time spent at each site was limited by the small survey team (at first four, then six people).

Dataset Reference Date (Publication): 1980-12-31

Temporal Extent

Begin date: 1970-10-23

End date: 1980-05-19

Topic category

Biota

Owner

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Originator

Scottish Marine Biological Association

c/o Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA

http://www.sams.ac.uk/

Originator

Marine Biological Association (MBA)

Marine Biological Association (MBA), The Laboratory, Citadel hill, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 2PB, UK

www.mba.ac.uk

Originator

Nature Conservancy Council (NCC)

c/o Natural Resources Wales, Maes Y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/

Extent

Geographic Extent: Scotland (SCT)

Geographic Extent: England (ENG)

Geographic Extent: Wales (WLS)

Map representing the geographic extent of the dataset

Vertical Extent

Medin Extent Keyword: soil and sediment; benthic boundary layer

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[A] Paper copy of survey reports. [B] Data available on JNCCs copy of Marine Recorder (JNCCMNCR10000265). NRW only have a snapshot of this data within the All Wales Snapshot.

Data quality

Quality Scope: Dataset

Conformity: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Explanation
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Lineage: Surveys were timed wherever possible to coincide with good spring tides in the spring and autumn. Details of the habitat and species found down to Low Water Spring (LWS) were recorded using small cassette tape recorders or notebooks. As wide an area of shore as possible was investigated in order to include micro-habitats such as overhangs, pools and the under surfaces of boulders. Photographs were taken to show the topography of the shore, zonation, details of species assemblages, and the relation of the shore to the coast backing it. The abundance of species was roughly estimated in relation to the normal abundance of that species. Information on sites and records of species from published papers, reports, and various National recording schemes was also collated. The results of the south west Wales report contributed to the Pembrokeshire Marine Species Atlas (PMSA)- see separate metadata entry and Marine Recorder survey '1976-78 Bartrop PMSA - South West Wales littoral zone survey' (MRCCW10000000035)

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2008-06-01

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme

Keywords

NRW Thesaurus

marine biology (subtidal biology) (littoral biology) (sublittoral biology)(intertidal biology)(see also seashore)
marine surveys (intertidal & subtidal surveys) (littoral survey) (sublittoral surveys) (bathymetric survey) (see also marine monitoring and MNCR)
seashore (intertidal) (littoral) (see also beaches)
intertidal
sediment shore
rocky shore

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2023-12-31

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords

Keywords

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary

Habitat characterisation

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Revision): 2021-01-06

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.rdf+xml

Code: British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Content Information

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NRW Related Title: Survey of the littoral zone of the coast of Great Britain : 5th annual progress report (confidential)

NRW Related Title: Survey of the littoral zone of the coast of Great Britain : 7 report on the shores of the Moray Firth

NRW Related Title: Survey of the littoral zone of the coast of Great Britain : annual progress report (confidential)

NRW Related Title: Survey of the littoral zone of the coast of Great Britain : annual progress report (confidential)

NRW Related Title: Survey of the littoral zone of the coast of Great Britain : annual progress report and account of the shores of western Argyll

NRW Related Title: Survey of the littoral zone of the coast of Great Britain : final report : part 1 : the sediment shores

NRW Related Title: Survey of the littoral zone of the coast of Great Britain : final report part 2 : the rocky shores : an assessment of their conservation value

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Metadata

File Identifier: 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313131323132 XML

Metadata Language: English

Parent Identifier: Pembrokeshire Marine Species Atlas (PMSA)
NRW_DS24328

Resource type: Dataset

Metadata Date: 2024-05-31T09:41:14.343Z

Metadata Standard Name: NRW

Metadata Standard Version: 1.0

pointOfContact

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

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