Across Wales Diving Monitoring Project (2004)

The initial 2 year project was a developmental trial for establishing

(i) Methods,

(ii) Recording protocols.

(iii) Deployment strategies,

(iv) Repeatability,

(v) Site marking and relocation,

(vi) Quality Control for site monitoring.


Following on from the initial 2 year project a longer-term project has been established to gather data in order to assess the Special Area of Conservation (SAC) sites for their 'favourable conservation status'. The concept of favourable conservation status is central to the EC Habitats Directive. These SAC sites included five marine Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) around the Welsh coast though only four of these (Menai Strait and Conwy Bay; Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau; Cardigan Bay; and Pembrokeshire Marine) have 'reefs' listed as Annex I 'features'. An ongoing programme of monitoring the reefs in each of these SACs follows the establishment programme.

Identification

Identifier
NRW_DS109743
Alternative Title
  • 2004 CCW/Pelagial/Sea-Scope Cardigan Bay cSAC sublittoral monitoring survey MRCCW3010000000B
Metadata Language
English
Lineage

A variety of methodologies has been designed for monitoring subtidal reef across the SACs, these include diver quadrats and transects, capture of information on images and digital video and the collection of data from loggers. Detailed information about each of the methodologies can be found in the draft CCW Marine Monitoring Report 25b 'Across Wales Diving Monitoring Project Volume 2: Standard operating procedures'.


CCW undertook a programme of surveillance on the Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau SAC between 1997 and 2001. These monitoring trials formed the basis of the Terms of Reference for this programme. Further information can be found in the Marine Monitoring Handbook (Davie et al. 2001). Metadata for repeatable sites is described separately. An unrepeated groud-truthing survey was also completed for Cardigan Bay in 2004 in conjunction with the 2004-2005 Across Wales drop-down video survey. Information about the survey can be found in the CCW Marine Monitoring Report 25a 'Across Wales Diving Monitoring Project Volume 1: Site descriptions and results'.
Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
2006-03-31
Owner
  Natural Resources Wales (NRW) -
Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales
http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en
Originator
  Pelagial Ltd -
Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, E14 0JW
http://www.pelagial.org/
Originator
  Marine Ecological Solutions Ltd -
Marine Ecological Solutions Ltd, 41 High Street, Menai Bridge, Ynys Mon, LL59 5EF, Wales
http://www.marine-ecosol.co.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=/
Originator
  Sea-Scope, Marine Biological Consultants -
Combe Lodge, Bampton, Devon, EX16 9LB, England
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Extent

Extent

Geographic Extent
Wales (WLS)
N
W
E
S
Map representing the geographic extent of the dataset


 

Vertical Extent

Medin Extent Keyword
water column

Vertical Extent

Minimum value (metres)
2
Maximum value (metres)
-35
Vertical CRS
 
 

Distribution

Format Type and Description
  • Documents ( )

    Specification

    [A] A draft and final copy of the report are held as a Word Document. [B] Information about the sites and fieldwork is maintained in word and pdf documents. This includes Site description and relocation sheets, Site visit log, Data summary sheets, Image log. [C] Data is held as digital videos and hard copies on mini DV tapes. [D] Still images as JPGS, RAW files and TIFF files [E] Temperature data as ASCII & BIN files or excel - Quadrat data (spreadsheets & Marine Recorder) - Extent (spreadsheets) - Species data, e.g. fish/sponge (spreadsheets & marine Recorder) - Specimen collection - where do these end up. Algae (in CCW herbarium, sheets scanned) - Parazoanthus images (georectified and counted ) - Marine Recorder survey (MRCCW30200000014) - Processed data - PRIMER data - Stitched together Modiolus quadrats.

 

Quality

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
Explanation

This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
Degree
false
Lineage

A variety of methodologies has been designed for monitoring subtidal reef across the SACs, these include diver quadrats and transects, capture of information on images and digital video and the collection of data from loggers. Detailed information about each of the methodologies can be found in the draft CCW Marine Monitoring Report 25b 'Across Wales Diving Monitoring Project Volume 2: Standard operating procedures'.


CCW undertook a programme of surveillance on the Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau SAC between 1997 and 2001. These monitoring trials formed the basis of the Terms of Reference for this programme. Further information can be found in the Marine Monitoring Handbook (Davie et al. 2001). Metadata for repeatable sites is described separately. An unrepeated groud-truthing survey was also completed for Cardigan Bay in 2004 in conjunction with the 2004-2005 Across Wales drop-down video survey. Information about the survey can be found in the CCW Marine Monitoring Report 25a 'Across Wales Diving Monitoring Project Volume 1: Site descriptions and results'.
 

Keywords

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Type
Theme

Citation

Date (Publication)
2008-06-01
Code
geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme

Keywords

NRW Thesaurus
  • survey methods (survey techniques) (survey) (surveying)
  • Common Standards Monitoring (CSM)
  • Special Area of Conservation Monitoring
  • surveyors
  • Habitats and Species Directive
Type
Theme

Citation

Date (Publication)
2025-01-08
Code
geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords

Keywords

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
Type
Theme

Citation

Date (Publication)
2024-06-19
Code
geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.rdf+xml

Keywords

IPSV Subjects List
  • Diving
Type
Theme

Citation

Date (Publication)
2020-11-18
Code
geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.subjects
 

Spatial Reference System

Code
Latitude and Longitude (EPSG::4326)
 

Content

Content Information

NRW Profile

Custom Elements

 

Constraints

Constraints

Limitations on Public Access and Use

Restriction type
Other restrictions
 

Access Constraints Directive

Limitations
no limitations
 

Access Constraints Text

Other constraints

There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
 

Use Constraints

Use constraints type
Other restrictions
Other constraints

© CNC/NRW 2006. Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and copyright of the owners. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.
 
 
 

Metadata

Metadata

File Identifier
4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313039373433 XML
Metadata Language
English
Resource type
Dataset
Metadata Date
2026-03-03T11:15:57.417Z
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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