Skomer Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) Subtidal Monitoring Project - Animal Communities on Stones
The results of subtidal monitoring undertaken on animal communities found on stones and pebbles at a site within Skomer Marine Nature Reserve. The purpose of this data capture was to observe and record seasonal settlement and colonisation of pebble habitat by marine fauna and record the changes in abundance and where possible the condition of the animals collected over a year.
This data may be related to the survey '1987-1988 NCC Rostron - Skomer Marine Nature Reserve animal communities on stones monitoring (MRO Identifier 3ca63b42-2ed0-40a5-898a-384d838ed27b)' although they cover different time periods and were digitised separately.
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Identification
- Identifier
- NRW_DS111397
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- Skomer Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ), formally Marine Nature Reserve (MNR), subtidal monitoring project- animal communities on stones
- 1987 Rostron PMSA -Skomer MNR subtidal monitoring project MRCCW10000000056
- Metadata Language
- English
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Six visits were made to the site at two monthly intervals. During each visit two samples of stones were collected from the monitoring area using a quadrat of 25cm x 25cm. Notes of the abundance of conspicuous species were made in the immediate vicinity of the monitoring site and along a transect. Close up photographs were taken to provide extra details. Surface seawater temperatures were measured by means of a mercury thermometer. In the laboratory each stone was examined individually and attached fauna recorded. Where possible individuals were counted, but for colonial and encrusting species an alternative method was to note the presence of the species on a particular stone then count the number of stones in each sample to provide a measure of percentage occurrence.
This data forms part of the Pembrokeshire Marine Species Atlas (see separate metadata entry).
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 1988-12-31
Extent
Extent
- Geographic Extent
- SIR BENFRO - PEMBROKESHIRE
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- Wales (WLS)
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Vertical Extent
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benthic boundary layer
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[A] Paper copy of report containing species lists and their percentage occurrences or number of individuals, description of animal communities, surface seawater temperature data etc. [B] Data entered into Marine Recorder.
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Quality
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- 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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This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
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Six visits were made to the site at two monthly intervals. During each visit two samples of stones were collected from the monitoring area using a quadrat of 25cm x 25cm. Notes of the abundance of conspicuous species were made in the immediate vicinity of the monitoring site and along a transect. Close up photographs were taken to provide extra details. Surface seawater temperatures were measured by means of a mercury thermometer. In the laboratory each stone was examined individually and attached fauna recorded. Where possible individuals were counted, but for colonial and encrusting species an alternative method was to note the presence of the species on a particular stone then count the number of stones in each sample to provide a measure of percentage occurrence.
This data forms part of the Pembrokeshire Marine Species Atlas (see separate metadata entry).
Keywords
Keywords
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-06-01
Keywords
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NRW Thesaurus
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- Skomer Marine Nature Reserve
- marine biology (subtidal biology) (littoral biology) (sublittoral biology)(intertidal biology)(see also seashore)
- Skomer MNR
- Skomer (Skomer Island)
- limestone community
- marine surveys (intertidal & subtidal surveys) (littoral survey) (sublittoral surveys) (bathymetric survey) (see also marine monitoring and MNCR)
- pebbles
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- Date (Publication)
- 2026-03-04
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Content Information
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Skomer marine reserve subtidal monitoring : animal communities on stones, March 1987 to January 1988
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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.
Attribution Statement
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Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved.
Licence
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- Open Government Licence
Metadata
Metadata
- File Identifier
- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313131333937 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
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Pembrokeshire Marine Species Atlas (PMSA)
NRW_DS24328
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- 2026-04-22T14:14:58.857Z
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- NRW
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1.0