Establishment of a Permanent Monitoring Site at Mid Channel Rocks, Milford Haven
Data from a study undertaken to establish a permanent monitoring site on Mid Channel Rocks, Milford Haven. The work was commissioned following the grounding of the Sea Empress oil tanker on the Mid Channel Rocks, Milford Haven on February 15th 1996. On the four days following the grounding, the tanker remained in the immediate vicinity of these rocks, grounding and floating free several times. An estimated 70,000 tonnes of oil were spilled within one nautical mile of the Mid-Channel Rocks. A considerable volume of dispersant was applied from the air in the nearby area. This is expected to have led to significantly elevated hydrocarbon levels in the water column, possibly including the more toxic oil fractions where fresh oil was dispersed. The objectives of this project were to establish a permanent sublittoral monitoring site at a rock substrate location close to the source of the spilled oil and which was amongst the most likely to have been subjected to elevated water column hydrocarbon load and to undertake a baseline survey to document epibenthic rock community and species composition, diversity, richness and condition. Data was captured in order to establish a permanent sublittoral monitoring site at a rock substrate location close to the source of the spilled oil and to undertake a baseline survey to document epibenthic rock community and species composition, diversity, richness and condition.
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- Sefydlu Safle Monitro Parhaol yn y Mid Channel Rocks, Aberdaugleddau
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Divers using standard SCUBA apparatus carried out the survey work. Procedures were carried out under HSE DOW 1981 regulations and JNCC diving rules (Holt, 1993). Once the study sites were marked out, a variety of data collecting exercises were carried out: Community descriptions were obtained from defined areas using Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) techniques. Particular rock faces were chosen which were typical of the main habitat / community types and careful studies were undertaken to list all conspicuous species present and note abundances. Counts of species in quadrats and also suction samples were undertaken at both the Lower Infralittoral and Circalittoral Study Sites. This project followed immediately on from one which surveyed selected locations along the South Pembrokeshire coast from Milford Haven to Caldey. Mid Channel Rocks was one of the sites surveyed and the work was carried out with the present monitoring study in mind. The only data associated with this project is held within the report.
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- 1998-06-30
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- Dyddiad cychwyn
- 1997-07-17
- Dyddiad gorffen
- 1997-07-28
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- Environment
- Biota
Rhychwant
Rhychwant
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benthic boundary layer
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Divers using standard SCUBA apparatus carried out the survey work. Procedures were carried out under HSE DOW 1981 regulations and JNCC diving rules (Holt, 1993). Once the study sites were marked out, a variety of data collecting exercises were carried out: Community descriptions were obtained from defined areas using Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) techniques. Particular rock faces were chosen which were typical of the main habitat / community types and careful studies were undertaken to list all conspicuous species present and note abundances. Counts of species in quadrats and also suction samples were undertaken at both the Lower Infralittoral and Circalittoral Study Sites. This project followed immediately on from one which surveyed selected locations along the South Pembrokeshire coast from Milford Haven to Caldey. Mid Channel Rocks was one of the sites surveyed and the work was carried out with the present monitoring study in mind. The only data associated with this project is held within the report.
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- 2008-06-01
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- Milford Haven
- Sea Empress
- oil
- oil tankers
- dispersant
- oil dispersants
- hydrocarbon analysis
- hydrocarbons
- marine biology (subtidal biology) (littoral biology) (sublittoral biology)(intertidal biology)(see also seashore)
- marine surveys (intertidal & subtidal surveys) (littoral survey) (sublittoral surveys) (bathymetric survey) (see also marine monitoring and MNCR)
- rock communities
- baseline survey
- marine and freshwater inventory
- permanent monitoring site
- Mid Channel Rocks
- toxic oil fractions
- sublittoral monitoring site
- water column hydrocarbon load
- epibenthic rock community
- diversity
- richness
- condition
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- 2023-12-31
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- Pollution events
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The establishment of a permanent monitoring site at Mid Channel Rocks, Milford Haven
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