Intertidal Monitoring of the Biotope SLR.FserX.T in the Menai Strait and Colwyn Bay Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) 2009
The Habitats Directive establishes that the management of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) should aim to achieve the favourable conservation status of habitat and species features listed within its Annex I and Annex II. For SACs in Wales, the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) is therefore required to report on a regular basis on whether features are in favourable conservation status. In the Menai Strait and Conwy Bay SAC the relevant Annex I intertidal habitat features are mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide, and reefs. Specific areas of interest include areas of tide-swept bedrock and boulders and areas of tide-swept Fucus serratus on mixed sediment along the Menai Strait. The purpose of this in-situ survey was to locate specific tide-swept Fucus serratus zones and measure the width of the zone, percentage of Fucus serratus within the zone and information on epibionts. This in turn provided a baseline for future condition monitoring and helped establish a methodology for intertidal surveying.
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- NRW_DS115081
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- 2009 CCW / ASML Menai Strait and Conwy Bay SAC FserX.T (tide-swept Fucus serratus) monitoring MRCCW16300000014
- Monitro Rhynglanwol: Y Biotop SLR.FserX.T yn ACA Y Fenai a Bae Colwyn 2009
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Tide-swept Fucus serratus (FserX.T) biotope was surveyed at two locations. A methodology was developed for the survey, focussing on the epibiota present on the Fucus serratus thalli using random quadrat recording.
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- 2010-11-30
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- 2009-06-26
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- 2009-06-26
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- Biota
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- SIR YNYS MON - ISLE OF ANGLESEY
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benthic boundary layer
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[A] Digital versions of the contract report: Microsoft Word document(s); and an equivalent Adobe Portable Document Format version. [B] Excel spreadsheets of data - Raw data for 2009 [C] Marine Recorder file.[MRCCW16300000014] [D] A series of MapInfo GIS layers in MapInfo Native format (Tables) showing site locations [E] Photographs of the site and stations
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Tide-swept Fucus serratus (FserX.T) biotope was surveyed at two locations. A methodology was developed for the survey, focussing on the epibiota present on the Fucus serratus thalli using random quadrat recording.
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- 2008-06-01
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- tideswept
- habitats (see also specific types of habitats)
- biotopes
- Menai Strait and Conwy Bay SAC
- intertidal
- marine monitoring (see also marine surveys)
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- 2023-12-31
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- Macroalgae and seagrass taxonomy-related counts
- Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts
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- 2021-01-06
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Intertidal SAC monitoring Menai Strait and Conwy Bay SAC : June 2009
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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 2010. 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.
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- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313135303831 XML
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- English
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Across Wales Intertidal Monitoring Survey
NRW_DS109834
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- 2024-05-31T09:39:52.293Z
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1.0