Sandy Shore Meiofauna of South West Wales-Impact of the Sea Empress Oil Spill

The high species diversity of meiofaunal communities imply a complex and intricate ecological web. However, relatively little information has been recorded on the ecological interactions of meiofauna. This is largely due to the practical difficulties involved in the study of these organisms. These difficulties arise from the small body size of meiofauna, their cryptic habitat and the taxonomic difficulties caused by their high species diversity. Various authors have suggested that meiofauna are potentially useful indicators of anthropogenic perturbations of the marine environment (Heip, 1980; Moore and Bett, 1989; Platt and Warwick, 1980; Vincx and Heip, 1991). This data was captured with the aim of assessing the impact of pollution from the Sea Empress oil spill on the structure and composition of meiofaunal communities of intertidal sandy beaches.

Identifier: NRW_DS110119

Alternative Title

1994-96 Harries PMSA -South West Wales, sandy shore meiofauna surveys MRCCW10000000072
Meioffawna traethau tywod De Orllewin Cymru - effaith gollyngiad olew'r Sea Empress

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: The study sites consist of twelve intertidal sandy beaches covering an area from St. David's Head in the north-west to Pendine Sands in the south-east. Meiofauna: Three replicate cores were collected from each site for faunal analysis. Physico-chemical samples: Three replicate cores were collected for particle size analysis and assessment of water content. An additional single core was collected for the analysis of organic carbon. A single sediment core was collected for hydrocarbon analysis. Three replicate pore water samples were collected at each site for salinity measurements. During November 1994 a range of sandy beaches on the Pembrokeshire coast were sampled as part of a biogeographical study of harpacticoid copepods. These samples provide a baseline data set for the assessment of oil pollution induced changes in the meiofaunal community composition. This dataset contributed to the Pembrokeshire Marine Species Atlas, see separate metadata entry.

Dataset Reference Date (Publication): 1997-07-29

Temporal Extent

Begin date: 1994-11-18

End date: 1996-11-15

Topic category

Biota

Owner

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

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

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

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Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)

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

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

Originator

Heriot-Watt University. Department of Biological Sciences.

Edinburgh Campus, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, Scotland

http://www.hw.ac.uk/

Extent

Geographic Extent: Wales (WLS)

Geographic Extent: SIR BENFRO - PEMBROKESHIRE

Map representing the geographic extent of the dataset

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Medin Extent Keyword: soil and sediment

Format Type and Description

Documents Documents ()

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[A] Report (MS Word & scanned pdf) [B] Data tables, graphs and maps (MS Word) [C] Marine recorder survey MRCCW10000000072

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: The study sites consist of twelve intertidal sandy beaches covering an area from St. David's Head in the north-west to Pendine Sands in the south-east. Meiofauna: Three replicate cores were collected from each site for faunal analysis. Physico-chemical samples: Three replicate cores were collected for particle size analysis and assessment of water content. An additional single core was collected for the analysis of organic carbon. A single sediment core was collected for hydrocarbon analysis. Three replicate pore water samples were collected at each site for salinity measurements. During November 1994 a range of sandy beaches on the Pembrokeshire coast were sampled as part of a biogeographical study of harpacticoid copepods. These samples provide a baseline data set for the assessment of oil pollution induced changes in the meiofaunal community composition. This dataset contributed to the Pembrokeshire Marine Species Atlas, see separate metadata entry.

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Species distribution

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2008-06-01

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

Keywords

NRW Thesaurus

Sea Empress
oil pollution
pollution (see also specific types of pollution eg. oil pollution)
meiofauna
Physico-chemical survey
intertidal
seashore (intertidal) (littoral) (see also beaches)
Pembrokeshire (county pre 1974)( county since 4/96)
Pembrokeshire Coast
marine and freshwater inventory

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2023-12-31

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

Keywords

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary

Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance
Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Revision): 2021-01-06

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

Keywords

Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary

oil spillage
beaches

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Revision): 2013-04-03

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.subjects

Code: British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

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NRW Related Title: The impact of the Sea Empress oil spill on the sandy shore meiofauna of south west Wales

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File Identifier: 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313130313139 XML

Metadata Language: English

Parent Identifier: Pembrokeshire Marine Species Atlas (PMSA)
NRW_DS24328

Resource type: Dataset

Metadata Date: 2024-05-31T09:44:05.651Z

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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Sandy Shore Meiofauna of South West Wales-Impact of the Sea Empress Oil Spill

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