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Seagrass Taxa and Abundance

Seagrass Taxa and Abundance

Summary

This record is for Approval for Access product AfA128. Information regarding the presence, and percentage cover, of seagrass 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). These data represent ground-truthing monitoring for the ecological assessment of seagrasses within transitional and coastal waters of England and Wales. Seagrass data on BIOSYS are updated as new monitoring data are made available. Monitoring for seagrass occurs June to September with records being updated after the sampling season. The extracted data is a subset of the full dataset and only includes data collected/owned by the Environment Agency.

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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 Licence

Attribution statement

Technical information

Update frequency

annually

Lineage

The presence and percentage cover of seagrass species are monitored at specific monitoring points between June and September. Data is stored in Biological Systems (BIOSYS) - extracted data only includes data collected/owned by the Environment Agency.

Spatial information

Coordinate reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Geographic extent

Latitude from: 49.943 to 55.816
Longitude from: -6.236 to 2.072

Metadata information

Language

English

Metadata identifier

6e4e7b21-d465-11e4-b155-f0def148f590

Published by

Environment Agency

Contact publisher

Defra Data Services Forum

Dataset reference dates

Creation date

01 January 2007

Revision date

13 March 2024

Publication date