4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313134373430 English NRW_DS114674 Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en 2024-12-09T12:39:48.876Z NRW 1.0 wel Latitude and Longitude (EPSG::4326) Priority Marine Habitats of Wales: Sheltered Muddy Gravel Priority Marine Habitats of Wales: Sheltered Muddy Gravel Marine Bap Habitats Sheltered Muddy Gravels.LYR Cynefinoedd Morol a blaenoriaeth yng Nghymru (Graean lleidiog mewn llecynnau cysgodol) 2004-09-06 NRW_DS114740 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) priority habitats cover a wide range of semi-natural habitat types, and were those that were identified as being the most threatened and requiring conservation action under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP). The UK BAP habitats and species lists have been used to draw statutory lists of priority habitats as required under Section 42 of the Natural Environmental and Rural Communities (NERC) Act 2006. The habitats listed as priority habitats include; blue mussel beds, Fragile sponge and anthozoan communities, Tide swept channels, Horse mussel beds, Maerl beds, Honeycomb worm reefs, Seagrass beds, Oyster beds, Intertidal boulder communities, Intertidal mudflats, mud habitats in deep water, Sheltered muddy gravels, subtidal mixed muddy sediments, Estuarine rocky habitats, Peat and clay exposures, Carbonate reefs, Musculus discors beds, Saline lagoons, Coastal Saltmarsh and Subtidal sands and gravels. The data is related to Sheltered Muddy Gravel only. Muddy gravels occur mainly in estuaries, drowned river valleys and sea lochs, in areas protected from wave action and strong tidal streams. They can be found both on the shore and in the shallows. Which plants and animals occupy the gravels depends on the composition of the seabed and the influence of freshwater. Where the seawater is undiluted, muddy gravel seascapes tend to be dominated by worms, such as delicate peacock worms, with their fan of feathery tentacles, which is used for trapping food from the passing seawater. Burrowing anemones are found in muddy gravels, as are burrowing bivalves (with their paired, hinged shells), including ridged carpet shells and blunt gapers. Coarse gravel and stones on surface of the muddy gravel provide a hard substrate for seaweeds to attach to. Majority of the records are from the 1960s onwards. This data is still in draft format and has not yet been finalised. All habitat records include a confidence measure. Decisions about how these were applied are documented in the processing notes for each habitats. UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) priority habitats cover a wide range of semi-natural habitat types, and were those that were identified as being the most threatened and requiring conservation action under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP). The UK BAP habitats and species lists have been used to draw statutory lists of priority habitats as required under Section 42 of the Natural Environmental and Rural Communities (NERC) Act 2006. The habitats listed as priority habitats include; blue mussel beds, Fragile sponge and anthozoan communities, Tide swept channels, Horse mussel beds, Maerl beds, Honeycomb worm reefs, Seagrass beds, Oyster beds, Intertidal boulder communities, Intertidal mudflats, mud habitats in deep water, Sheltered muddy gravels, subtidal mixed muddy sediments, Estuarine rocky habitats, Peat and clay exposures, Carbonate reefs, Musculus discors beds, Saline lagoons, Coastal Saltmarsh and Subtidal sands and gravels. The data is related to Sheltered Muddy Gravel only. Muddy gravels occur mainly in estuaries, drowned river valleys and sea lochs, in areas protected from wave action and strong tidal streams. They can be found both on the shore and in the shallows. Which plants and animals occupy the gravels depends on the composition of the seabed and the influence of freshwater. Where the seawater is undiluted, muddy gravel seascapes tend to be dominated by worms, such as delicate peacock worms, with their fan of feathery tentacles, which is used for trapping food from the passing seawater. Burrowing anemones are found in muddy gravels, as are burrowing bivalves (with their paired, hinged shells), including ridged carpet shells and blunt gapers. Coarse gravel and stones on surface of the muddy gravel provide a hard substrate for seaweeds to attach to. Majority of the records are from the 1960s onwards. This data is still in draft format and has not yet been finalised. All habitat records include a confidence measure. Decisions about how these were applied are documented in the processing notes for each habitats. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) Countryside Council for Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/ Various Enquiries Unit, Maes y Fynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/ Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme intertidal BAP priority habitat OSPAR mussel beds NRW Thesaurus NRW Thesaurus 2023-12-31 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords Habitat extent SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2021-01-06 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.rdf+xml MONITORING Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary 2013-04-03 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.subjects This data is comprised of a mixture of third party owned records and NRW records. NRW policies permits access to and release of this data under the same terms as its own data. Part of this dataset is sensitive and restricted. The sensitive data is as follows oyster beds (IMX.Ost). Sensitive data must be kept confidential; general release is not permitted due to risk of harm to the environment or third parties. Sensitive data may only be released under an appropriate NRW Licence. Requests should be referred to NRW's Access to Information Officer. Data may be released freely if the sensitive records are removed in advance, or shown only at a coarser scale. no limitations © CNC/NRW and various third party recorders 2004 NRW owns the copyright of the collation, but the ownership of the records themselves rests with the originator. Recipients may re-use, reproduce, disseminate this data free of charge in any format or medium, provided they do so accurately, acknowledging both the source and the copyright of NRW/third party recorders and do not use it in a misleading context. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose, that dissemination or publishing does not result in duplication and that it is fairly interpreted. Advice on interpretation should be sought where required. To avoid re-using old data, users should periodically obtain the latest version from the original source. Recipients may only re-use sensitive data in strict confidence under the terms of an appropriate NRW Licence. No publication or dissemination is permitted, except if sensitive records are removed in advance, or shown only at a coarser scale. English biota SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 benthic boundary layer Wales (WLS) -6.82342256 -2.66292742 50.92259066 54.01383829 1985-10-16 2004-09-06 5 -40 Geographic Information System [A] ESRI Feature Class [B] Additional information is held in word documents. 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 2010-12-08 false The data was collated from a wide range of sources, including but not limited to Marine Recorder, Phase 1 Intertidal, HabMap, Marine Monitoring Data. Habitats layers were produced as both polygon and point data for many of the habitats. Each layer is accompanied by processing notes detailing data sources and all decisions made in creating the layers. A standard template was also produced and documented for attributing the GIS layers and general assumptions that could be made. The habitat layers build on and replaced work started in the CCW BAP Atlas. The data was collated from a wide range of sources, including but not limited to Marine Recorder, Phase 1 Intertidal, HabMap, Marine Monitoring Data. Habitats layers were produced as both polygon and point data for many of the habitats. Each layer is accompanied by processing notes detailing data sources and all decisions made in creating the layers. A standard template was also produced and documented for attributing the GIS layers and general assumptions that could be made. The habitat layers build on and replaced work started in the CCW BAP Atlas.