Abundance and Biomass of infaunal species from grab samples from a benthic assessment for Fair Head tidal energy development site (Fair Head, Co. Antrim), 2014.

Dan Lear1, Data Team2

1 Marine Biological Association of the UK, Plymouth, United Kingdom; 2 

Corresponding author(s): Dan Lear (dassh.enquiries@MBA.ac.uk)

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Resource Citation

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) (2019): Abundance and Biomass of infaunal species from grab samples from a benthic assessment for Fair Head tidal energy development site (Fair Head, Co. Antrim), 2014.. v2.1. Marine Biological Association. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://doi.org/10.17031/vlnar9 https://doi.org/10.17031/vlnar9

Abstract

This dataset contains information on infaunal abundance & biomass from sediment grab samples and video tows carried out off the coast of Fair Head (Co. Antrim) on the FPV Banríon Uladh (now Queen of Ulster). This survey was carried out to provide a benthic baseline for a potential offshore windfarm development site in May 2014.  The main aim of this survey was to undertake a baseline assessment of the species & biotopes found in the area of interest. The survey comprised of 26 video stations and 10 grab stations (3 repeats per station) with 24 samples retained for infaunal analysis- the abundance & biomass was recorded. Particle size analysis (PSA) was also carried out but due to low success rate of grab samples, only 4 samples were appropriate for this analysis. The most abundant infauna found was Ascidiacea.

Keywords: Samplingevent

Data published through GBIF: https://www.dassh.ac.uk/ipt/resource?r=dasshdt00000404

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Abundance and Biomass of infaunal species from grab samples from a benthic assessment for Fair Head tidal energy development site (Fair Head, Co. Antrim), 2014.
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Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
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Distribution: https://www.dassh.ac.uk/ipt/archive.do?r=dasshdt00000404
Publication date of data: 2019-08-02
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2019-08-01
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