Intertidal Sediment Survey of Cosheston Pill with Reference to Shelduck Distribution
Cosheston Pill provides an important sanctuary for a number of wildfowl and wader species including redshanks, curlew and shelduck. Previous studies had shown that in Cosheston Pill shelduck appeared to frequent certain areas of the Pill preferentially- this dataset contains the results of an intertidal sediment survey designed to investigate this preference further. The purpose of data capture was to assess whether or not shelduck feeding area preference in Cosheston Pill were related to variation in the distribution of their prey species and therefore related to spatial variations in the characteristics of the sediments.
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Identification
- Identifier
- NRW_DS111187
- Alternative Title
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- Arolwg o waddodion rhynglanwol yng Nghilfach Cosheston, gan gyfeirio at ddosbarthiad hwyaid yr eithin
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- English
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Five sample stations were established, three in an area where shelduck were known to congregate and two in areas they avoided. At each station two replicate biology samples and a sample for grain size analysis, organic matter and calcium carbonate determination were collected. All organisms from the sample for biological analysis were identified to the lowest practicable taxon and counted. Statistics were applied to the data to determine the numerically dominant taxa and diversity and dominance indices.
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 1990-04-30
Temporal Extent
- Begin date
- 1990-02-12
- End date
- 1990-02-12
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- Biota
Extent
Extent
- Geographic Extent
- Wales (WLS)
Vertical Extent
- Medin Extent Keyword
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soil and sediment
Distribution
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Documents
Documents
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Paper copy of survey report (includes site map, sediment grain size data, taxon lists, results of statistical analysis etc) Data on JNCC's copy of Marine Recorder
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Documents
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Quality
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Five sample stations were established, three in an area where shelduck were known to congregate and two in areas they avoided. At each station two replicate biology samples and a sample for grain size analysis, organic matter and calcium carbonate determination were collected. All organisms from the sample for biological analysis were identified to the lowest practicable taxon and counted. Statistics were applied to the data to determine the numerically dominant taxa and diversity and dominance indices.
Keywords
Keywords
Keywords
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- Cosheston Pill
- Daugleddau
- Daugleddau estuary
- shelduck
- tadorna tadorna
- sediments
- sediment epifauna
- sediment infauna
- marine sediments (coastal sediments) (intertidal sediments) (subtidal sediments)
- feeding behaviour
- intertidal
- prey species
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-12-31
Keywords
- SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
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- Sediment grain size parameters
- Concentration of organic matter in sediments
- Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts
- Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance
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Citation
- Date (Revision)
- 2021-01-06
Spatial Reference System
Content
Content Information
NRW Profile
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- NRW Related Title
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Cosheston Pill intertidal sediment survey, with reference to the distribution of shelduck
Constraints
Constraints
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Access Constraints Directive
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- no limitations
Access Constraints Text
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There are no access restrictions to this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
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© CNC/NRW 1991 There are no use restrictions on this data. Recipients may re-use, reproduce, disseminate this data free of charge in any format or medium, provided they do so accurately, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright, and do not use it in a misleading context. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose, that dissemination or publishing does not result in duplication, and that it is fairly interpreted. Advice on interpretation should be sought where required. To avoid re-using old data, users should periodically obtain the latest version from the original source.
Metadata
Metadata
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- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313131313837 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-05-31T09:40:05.704Z
- Metadata Standard Name
- NRW
- Metadata Standard Version
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1.0