Menai Strait tidally exposed seabed and shores (2002)
As part of the UK's commitment to the 1992 UNEP Convention on Biological Diversity there have been a number of coordinated initiatives to identify those habitats which may be under threat in the UK, and to establish plans to reduce those threats and thereby maintain biodiversity. The UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) is now one of the main focuses of that work. It provides detailed proposals for a number of species, species groups and habitats requiring urgent conservation action. In addition to this the Habitats Directive (1992) requires the establishment of a European network of important high-quality conservation sites, Special Areas of Conservation (SACs). The Habitats Directive identifies Reefs as a major category of habitats that should be considered for inclusion in SACs. Tidal rapids not only forms part of the reef environments classification but is also highlighted as an important site under the UKBAP habitats list. Tidal rapids is used to describe a broad range of high energy environments including deep tidal streams and tide-swept habitats. JNCC’s Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) defined rapids as ‘strong tidal streams resulting from a constriction in the coastline at the entrance to, or within the length of, an enclosed body of water such as a sea loch. Depth is usually shallower than five metres. The data collected during this survey is being used to help define the conservation objectives for the cSAC reef features in Wales and to inform management of this feature. One of the actions listed in the Habitat Action Plan for tidal rapids is to, complete survey and recording of the extent, quality and composition of the habitats and communities of tidal rapids.
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Identification
- Identifier
- NRW_DS87128
- Alternative Title
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- 2002 CCW/CALM Menai Strait tidally exposed seabed and shores MRCCW80000000002
- Gwely'r mor a'r glannau a ddinoethir gan y llanw yn y Fenai (2002)
- Metadata Language
- English
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Survey methods were based on the standard Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) techniques using in-situ identification of conspicuous species and description of habitat and community characteristics. Subtidal and intertidal components of the fieldwork were carried out separately. Survey data was recorded immediately on standard MNCR recording forms. Confidence in this dataset is high because it was undertaken by experienced surveyors. Previous surveys have been undertaken in this areas, by various parties and include some detail of the 'Tidal Rapids' and reef systems. These include surveys carried out by former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW), JNCC, Seasearch and various others.
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2004-03-05
Temporal Extent
- Begin date
- 2002-08-01
- End date
- 2002-09-10
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Oceans
Extent
Extent
- Geographic Extent
- Wales (WLS)
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Vertical Extent
- Medin Extent Keyword
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benthic boundary layer; water column
Vertical Extent
- Minimum value (metres)
- -28
- Maximum value (metres)
- 5
- Vertical CRS
Distribution
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Documents
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[A] Published report - Paper and electronic version (MS Word) [B] Raw Data - MS Excel &Marine Recorder v5 (MRCCW80000000002). Original MNCR forms on hardcopy. [C] Photos of sites and many species present - Digital photos and many slides scanned, available at high resolution (4000dpi) as Tiff files (aprox. 56MB each) [D] Plus Catalogue of photographs (Excel)
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Quality
Data quality
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Survey methods were based on the standard Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) techniques using in-situ identification of conspicuous species and description of habitat and community characteristics. Subtidal and intertidal components of the fieldwork were carried out separately. Survey data was recorded immediately on standard MNCR recording forms. Confidence in this dataset is high because it was undertaken by experienced surveyors. Previous surveys have been undertaken in this areas, by various parties and include some detail of the 'Tidal Rapids' and reef systems. These include surveys carried out by former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW), JNCC, Seasearch and various others.
Keywords
Keywords
Keywords
- NRW Thesaurus
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- Menai Straits MNR
- Menai Strait
- coast (coasts) (coastal) (coastline) (maritime)
- marine monitoring (see also marine surveys)
- marine environment (marine habitats) (seas) (oceans) (maritime environment)
- marine surveys (intertidal & subtidal surveys) (littoral survey) (sublittoral surveys) (bathymetric survey) (see also marine monitoring and MNCR)
- seashore (intertidal) (littoral) (see also beaches)
- coastal survey (coastal monitoring)
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-12-31
Keywords
- SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
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- Habitat characterisation
- Coastal geomorphology
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Citation
- Date (Revision)
- 2021-01-06
Spatial Reference System
Content
Content Information
NRW Profile
Custom Elements
- NRW Related Title
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Survey of North Wales and Pembrokeshire tide influenced communities
Constraints
Constraints
Limitations on Public Access and Use
- Restriction type
- Other restrictions
Access Constraints Directive
- Limitations
- no limitations
Access Constraints Text
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Part of this dataset is sensitive and restricted. The sensitive data is as follows; Ostrea edulis. 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 a CCW Restricted Release Licence. Requests should be referred to CCW'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.
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© CCGC/CCW 2004. Recipients may only re-use sensitive data in strict confidence under the terms of a CCW RPSI Licence. No publication or dissemination is permitted, except if sensitive records are removed in advance, or shown only at a coarser scale.
Metadata
Metadata
- File Identifier
- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-3837313238 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
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Survey of North Wales and Pembrokeshire tide influenced communities
NRW_DS86828
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- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-05-31T09:39:56.163Z
- Metadata Standard Name
- NRW
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1.0