2013 University of Plymouth Thanet Coast (UK) Special Area of Conservation (SAC) towed underwater video condition assessment of epibenthic communities and biotopes

Sampling event
Latest version published by Marine Biological Association on Mar 31, 2021 Marine Biological Association
Publication date:
31 March 2021
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

This data set comprises of marine epibenthos (approx. 57 identified taxa derived of Algae, Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chordata, Cnidaria, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Porifera) collected in July 2013 from Thanet Coast (UK) Special Area of Conservation (SAC) using a high definition towed underwater video system. Three replicate 200 m x 0.5 m transects were recorded in each area 12 areas. The extent and condition of biotopes was also identified and mapped.

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,116 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Event (core)
1116
Occurrence 
51444
ExtendedMeasurementOrFact 
45396

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

University of Plymouth (2021): 2013 University of Plymouth Thanet Coast (UK) Special Area of Conservation (SAC) towed underwater video condition assessment of epibenthic communities and biotopes. v1.1. Marine Biological Association. Dataset/Samplingevent. 10.17031/ghed-7t19

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 7684b4c0-8fff-43fd-9d98-934098efa75a.  Marine Biological Association publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by National Biodiversity Network.

Keywords

Samplingevent

Contacts

University of Plymouth
GB
The archive for marine species and habitats data (DASSH)
GB
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