- Update frequency
daily
- Lineage
- Presence and abundance of benthic invertebrate species are collected and held in Biological Systems (BIOSYS). Data are laboratory assessed and quality assured following the National Marine Biological Analytical Quality Control (NMBAQC) scheme. These data only contain data owned and collected by the Environment Agency.
Marine Benthic Invertebrate Species
Summary
PLEASE NOTE this record has been retired and is superseded by Marine Benthic Surveys (Biosys) https://environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/8cd194cd-cec3-4f21-83d4-984add281dc4
This record is for Approval for Access product AfA130. Information regarding the presence, and abundance, of benthic invertebrate species at specific marine monitoring points held within the Environment Agency’s BIOSYS database (our main database for storing, manipulating and reporting data from freshwater and marine biological surveys at any taxonomic level) and Water Framework Directive marine benthic invertebrate database. Data are laboratory assessed and quality assured following the National Marine Biological Analytical Quality Control (NMBAQC) scheme. National databases are continually being updated as a result of ongoing benthic invertebrate monitoring programmes. The extracted data is a subset of the full dataset and only includes data collected/owned by the Environment Agency.
Categories
Use limitation statement
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Licence
Open Government LicenceAttribution statement
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.
Coordinate reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700Geographic extent
- Latitude from: 49.943 to 55.816
- Longitude from: -6.236 to 2.072
Language
English
Metadata identifier
6630b10f-d465-11e4-ae4c-f0def148f590
Data and Supporting Information
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