Intertidal Monitoring of Bedrock at Porth Oer in Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau Special Area of Conservation (SAC) 2012
Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is designated for five Annex 1 habitats and four subsidiary ones. Of these, Estuaries and their constituent mudflats, sandflats and reefs, large shallow inlets and bays with intertidal Zostera beds, populations of the shingle-dwelling amphipod Pectenogammarus, piddocks in clay and lower shore boulder communities and Reefs, particularly biogenic reefs of Sabellaria alveolata are the main habitats of interest within the intertidal areas of the SAC. Conservation objectives for these habitats are given in the Regulation 33 advice for the SAC (CCW 2009).
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Identification
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- NRW_DS115334
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- Monitro Rhynglanwol ar Graigwelyau ym Mhorth Oer yn ACA Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau yn 2012
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- English
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Consistent with the aim of this survey, the rocky shore at Porth Oer was recced by CCW staff during the afternoon low water of the 22nd July 2012. Finding it to be a suitable reference site for rocky shores in north Wales, they establish a set of monitoring quadrats in the upper, middle and lower shores. Quadrat locating screws were fixed in the bedrock and re-locating photographs and notes were taken. This established 4 x 1 m2 fixed quadrats in each of the upper, middle and lower shore zones. The quadrats are sited in homogeneous areas of inclined rock (where possible) avoiding rockpools and large fissures. The quadrats were permanently marked using stainless steel screws and plastic discs to locate at least two corners of the quadrat frame. All survey completed by professional and experienced marine field surveyors. Data quality and confidence considered moderate to high.
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2012-07-31
Extent
Extent
- Geographic Extent
- Wales (WLS)
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- Medin Extent Keyword
- benthic boundary layer
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[A] Digital versions of the contract report: Microsoft Word document(s); and an equivalent Adobe Portable Document Format version. [B] Excel spreadsheets with species data from quadrat surveys. [C] Photographs of the quadrats. [D] Marine Recorder file.
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Consistent with the aim of this survey, the rocky shore at Porth Oer was recced by CCW staff during the afternoon low water of the 22nd July 2012. Finding it to be a suitable reference site for rocky shores in north Wales, they establish a set of monitoring quadrats in the upper, middle and lower shores. Quadrat locating screws were fixed in the bedrock and re-locating photographs and notes were taken. This established 4 x 1 m2 fixed quadrats in each of the upper, middle and lower shore zones. The quadrats are sited in homogeneous areas of inclined rock (where possible) avoiding rockpools and large fissures. The quadrats were permanently marked using stainless steel screws and plastic discs to locate at least two corners of the quadrat frame. All survey completed by professional and experienced marine field surveyors. Data quality and confidence considered moderate to high.
Keywords
Keywords
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- intertidal
- monitoring programmes
- Pembrokeshire Marine SAC
- Infauna
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-12-31
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- SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
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- Zoobenthos generic abundance
- Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance
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Citation
- Date (Revision)
- 2021-01-06
Spatial Reference System
Content
Content Information
NRW Profile
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Across Wales intertidal SAC monitoring Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau SAC : August 2008
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Across Wales intertidal SAC monitoring Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau SAC July 2009
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Across Wales intertidal SAC monitoring Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau SAC July 2010
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Intertidal SAC monitoring Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau SAC July 2012
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There are no access restrictions to this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
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© CNC/NRW 2012. There are no use restrictions on this data. 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 NRW's copyright, 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.
Metadata
Metadata
- File Identifier
- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313135333334 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
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Across Wales Intertidal Monitoring Survey
NRW_DS109834
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- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-12-09T12:32:44.896Z
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- NRW
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1.0