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Climate Linked Atlantic Sector Science (CLASS) Programme – Data collection from UK Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) 2018-2023

A collection of geophysical and oceanographic data from several cruises dedicated to the repeated mapping and monitoring of three UK Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Data were collected on the following cruises between 2018-2023: JC166/7, DY103, DY108/9, DY120, DY116, DY130, JC231, DY152, JC237, JC238, JC247. Data collection took place at three UK MPAs: Haig Fras Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) in the Celtic Sea; Whittard Canyon submarine complex, which includes The Canyons MCZ, situated off the south-west UK continental shelf; Darwin Mounds Special Area of Conservation (SAC), situated in the northern Rockall Trough. An Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) was used to collect photographic data, sidescan sonar and multibeam bathymetry. Other data included shipboard multibeam bathymetry data; moored ADCP, CTD and sediment trap datasets from repeat mooring deployments; deep glider data; ROV video, pushcores and specimen samples; settling plate experiments; box-cores and mega cores; BioCam imagery. The MPAs under investigation had previously been surveyed on cruises JC035 (2009) and JC125 (2015), hence these cruises formed part of the Fixed Point Observations Underpinning Activity. Here repeated observations and surveys of MPAs and their surroundings aimed to provide insight into the development and recovery of benthic ecosystems following natural and/or anthropogenic impacts. The data collection was undertaken by scientists at the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and formed part of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Climate Linked Atlantic Sector Science (CLASS) Programme (NERC grant reference NE/R015953/1).

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Alternate title
British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048_CLASS_MPAs
Date (Publication)
2022-03-02
Date (Creation)
2024-07-09
Date (Revision)
2024-07-11
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED7131
Owner
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Unknown ( Unknown )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Originator
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Unknown ( Unknown )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Custodian
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Distributor
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
  • Transport in the water column
  • Habitat characterisation
  • Salinity of the water column
  • Coral infection and damage
  • Macroalgae generic abundance in water bodies
  • Bathymetry and Elevation
  • Temperature of the water column
  • Side-scan sonar
  • Acoustic backscatter in the water column
  • Raw current meter output parameters
  • Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed
  • Electrical conductivity of the water column
  • Habitat extent
  • Seabed photography
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Land cover
  • Hydrography
  • Elevation
  • Species distribution
  • Geology
  • Oceanographic geographical features
  • Habitats and biotopes
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
  • unknown
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations apply
Other constraints
Data are currently unavailable, but will be made available at a specified future date
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Data usage restrictions are unknown
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Oceans
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
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Geographic identifier
Celtic Sea

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Geographic identifier
Northwest Atlantic Ocean (40W)

Date (Revision)
2023-09-13

Begin date
2018-06-19
End date
2023-05-22
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Codespace
OGP
Distribution format
  • Network Common Data Form ()

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/f3a790c8-2edc-36ed-e053-6c86abc0e697

Wardell C., Strong J.A., Furlong M., Huvenne V.A. (2023). Processed multibeam bathymetry grids from the Whittard Canyon and Haig Fras (JC166/7, 2018). NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/f3a790c8-2edc-36ed-e053-6c86abc0e697

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/f4080417-126c-18d3-e053-6c86abc0ba6f

Le Bas T., Wardell C., Thornton B., Huvenne V.A. (2023). Processed multibeam bathymetry grids from the Darwin Mounds Marine Protected Area (DY108/9, 2019). NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/f4080417-126c-18d3-e053-6c86abc0ba6f

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/03962d9a-c1b1-15fc-e063-6c86abc05b93

Bodenmann A., Massot-Campos M., Thornton B. (2023). Colour corrected seafloor BioCam images collected from the Darwin Mounds Marine Protected Area during RRS Discovery cruise DY108/109 (2019). NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/03962d9a-c1b1-15fc-e063-6c86abc05b93

Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
BODC protocols are based on the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model enabling BODC to iterate towards compliance with the on-going evolution and development of community requirements including FAIR (Findable,Accessible,Interoperable,Reusable), TRUST (Transparency, Responsibility, User community, Sustainability, Technology) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics). Data managers quality assure submissions and assemble the metadata necessary for curation. Submissions (as received) are placed in a long-term accession and stored in triplicate across multiple sites. Appropriate data are transferred into a standard internal format with source variable names mapped to controlled vocabularies, documentation assembled, and metadata loaded into BODC databases. Access to these data is through direct request, the BODC website and through partner repositories such as SeaDataNet. Access control is attained by assigning a data policy to each set of data and this policy is used to administer access when data are requested. Discovery metadata is aligned with EU INSPIRE (through MEDIN) and SeaDataNet community standards. Data are converted to open community formats including Ocean Data View ASCII and SeaDataNet NetCDF, with data described using terms from the NERC vocabulary server. BODC submission agreements are documented on the BODC website and customer service is assured with a dedicated requests team that serve data following local regulations including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018 and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004.
Pass
Yes
Statement

This data collection was acquired, quality controlled, processed and analysed by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK. Data deemed suitable for re-use by the oceanographic community were submitted to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC). Depending on the data type, data were either archived for long-term storage or ingested into the schemas of the National Oceanographic Database (NODB). During ingestion BODC undertook quality control, documentation and metadata enhancement procedures appropriate to the type of data. For an overview please see http://www.bodc.ac.uk/about/information_technology/data_processing_steps/. BODC supply full information about data collection, data processing and data quality with all data requests to enable users to assess data suitability themselves.

Instrument(s) used to collect data: multi-beam echosounders; benthos samplers; cameras; sediment traps; unconsolidated sediment corers; acoustic backscatter sensors; CTD; water body temperature sensor; current meters.

File identifier
d3cceaa42d9a50db82459208b9f0783e XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2024-08-07T16:30:49
Metadata standard name
MEDIN
Metadata standard version
3.1.1
Point of contact
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Polly Hadžiabdić ( Head of the BODC Requests Team )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
 
 

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