Sand dune survey of Great Britain

Sand dunes are one of a series of terrestrial habitats that in Britain are almost entirely restricted to the coast. The others are saltmarshes, maritime cliffs and grasslands, vegetated shingle and strandlines. This dataset is made up of the results from vegetation surveys covering 49 sand dune systems in Wales. The specific objectives of the sand dune survey are: - To review existing knowledge of British dune vegetation; - To compile an inventory of the range and extent of dune vegetation throughout Britain; - To allow the national and regional importance of each individual site to be assessed; - To provide vegetation maps and descriptions for each site in sufficient detail to support site specific casework and conservation management, and to act as a baseline for future monitoring.

Identifier: NRW_DS101869

Alternative Title

Arolwg twyni tywod Prydain Fawr

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: Vegetation surveys are based on the National Vegetation Classification (NVC) and survey techniques included the mapping of all vegetation types in each site. The area of each vegetation or other land cover polygon was calculated and results aggregated. Mapping covered 6,405 ha, of dune area excluding large extents of afforested sand. Adding afforested dune area, vegetated dune in Wales totalled 8101 ha and this probably represented almost all of the vegetated dune resources of Wales. Field survey also recorded geomorphological characterises of sites and the impact of human activities. This information was used to classify dune systems into types of dune, summarise erosion accretion data and describe human impacts.

Dataset Reference Date (Publication): 1995-12-31

Temporal Extent

Begin date: 1980-01-01

End date: 1990-12-31

Topic category

Biota

Owner

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road, Inverness, IV3 8NW

http://www.snh.gov.uk/

Owner

Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)

Monkstone House, City Road, Peterborough, PE1 1JY, England

http://www.jncc.gov.uk/

Originator

Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)

Countryside Council for Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/

Extent

Geographic Extent: Great Britain (GBN)

Vertical Extent

Medin Extent Keyword: benthic boundary layer

Format Type and Description

Documents Documents ()

Specification

Excel spreadsheet - but location not currently known. Data could be recovered from GIS layer.

Data quality

Quality Scope: Dataset

Conformity: 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
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Lineage: Vegetation surveys are based on the National Vegetation Classification (NVC) and survey techniques included the mapping of all vegetation types in each site. The area of each vegetation or other land cover polygon was calculated and results aggregated. Mapping covered 6,405 ha, of dune area excluding large extents of afforested sand. Adding afforested dune area, vegetated dune in Wales totalled 8101 ha and this probably represented almost all of the vegetated dune resources of Wales. Field survey also recorded geomorphological characterises of sites and the impact of human activities. This information was used to classify dune systems into types of dune, summarise erosion accretion data and describe human impacts.

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Habitats and biotopes

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2008-06-01

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme

Keywords

NRW Thesaurus

sand dune survey
National sand dune vegetation survey.
sand dune ecology

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2023-12-31

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Keywords

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary

Habitat characterisation
Habitat extent

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Revision): 2021-01-06

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.rdf+xml

Keywords

NRW SMNR Vocabulary

Animals, Plants and Other Organisms (SMNR)
Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (SMNR)
Ecosystem (SMNR)
Coastal Margins (SMNR)
Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
Sea and Coast (SMNR)
Management Areas (SMNR)

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Revision): 2023-12-27

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-smnr-keywords

Code: Latitude and Longitude (EPSG::4326)

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Constraints

Limitations on Public Access and Use

Restriction type: Other restrictions

Access Constraints Directive

Limitations: no limitations

Access Constraints Text

Other constraints: This dataset is wholly owned by JNCC and SNH. NRW may release this dataset on request, however, enquirers are advised to obtain a copy from the owner/originator directly, rather than NRW. NRW may NOT publish or disseminate it in its entirety. See also third party use restrictions below.

Use Constraints

Use constraints type: Other restrictions

Other constraints: © JNCC/SNH 1990. NRW does NOT grant permission to third parties to re-use or disseminate this dataset. Those seeking such permission should approach the originator directly.

Metadata

File Identifier: 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313031383639 XML

Metadata Language: English

Resource type: Dataset

Metadata Date: 2024-05-31T09:22:24.681Z

Metadata Standard Name: NRW

Metadata Standard Version: 1.0

pointOfContact

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

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Sand dune survey of Great Britain

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