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Benthic infaunal abundance and biomass from Belfast Lough dredge disposal monitoring operations 2017 and 2018

This dataset contains information on benthic infaunal abundance biomass from sediment grabs off the Copeland Islands in Belfast Lough in late 2017 and early 2018 on the RV Corystes. This survey was carried out to describe the species and seabed habitats within a 0.5NM buffer zone of a dredge disposal site. The survey was carried out pre operation to allow the potential impacts to be investigated. Particle size analysis (PSA) and Carbon Nitrogen analysis were also carried out on the sediments from the grab samples. All grab samples contained fauna species and sediment classification was carried out on all samples. This dataset also contains information on the SACFOR abundance and associated infaunal habitat in Belfast Lough in late 2017 and early 2018 as part of the post operation survey. This survey was carried out on the RV Corystes using a dropframe fitted with HD video camera, halogen lights, strip and point lazers for scaling, USBL, GoPro.

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Publication Date
2021-12-02
Title

Benthic infaunal abundance and biomass from Belfast Lough dredge disposal monitoring operations 2017 and 2018

Abstract

This dataset contains information on benthic infaunal abundance biomass from sediment grabs off the Copeland Islands in Belfast Lough in late 2017 and early 2018 on the RV Corystes. This survey was carried out to describe the species and seabed habitats within a 0.5NM buffer zone of a dredge disposal site. The survey was carried out pre operation to allow the potential impacts to be investigated. Particle size analysis (PSA) and Carbon Nitrogen analysis were also carried out on the sediments from the grab samples. All grab samples contained fauna species and sediment classification was carried out on all samples. This dataset also contains information on the SACFOR abundance and associated infaunal habitat in Belfast Lough in late 2017 and early 2018 as part of the post operation survey. This survey was carried out on the RV Corystes using a dropframe fitted with HD video camera, halogen lights, strip and point lazers for scaling, USBL, GoPro.

Dataset Language

en

 
Dataset Creator
  Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute - Annika Clements

Dataset Creator
  Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute - Eugene O'Kane

Dataset Creator
  Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute - Rory O'Loughlin

Dataset Creator
  Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute - Matt Service

Dataset Creator
  Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute - Brian Stewart

Dataset Creator
  APEM Ltd

Dataset Creator
  Belfast Harbour

Dataset Creator
  Ulster Wildlife - Gala Podogornik

Dataset Creator
  University of Ulster - Conor Flynn

Metadata Provider
  Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

BE

https://www.vliz.be
Associated Party

contentProvider

  Marine Biological Association of the UK

GB

Dataset Contact
  Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute - Gareth Burns

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

ANE, British Isles, North Channel

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

ANE, Irish Sea

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

-5.5062

East Bounding Coordinate

-5.472875

North Bounding Coordinate

54.759983333333

South Bounding Coordinate

54.749316666667

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

2017-10-23

End Date

2018-01-22

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Bivalvia

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Gastropoda

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1795

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Gymnolaemata

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1071

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Malacostraca

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Polychaeta

License Information

Intellectual Rights

This work is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

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Additional Metadata

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Extra metadata added by VLIZ to add parameter, platform info, as well as GBIF fields

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parameter

Occurrence of biota

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp

2021-12-02T15:18:38+01:00

Hierarchy Level

dataset

Citation

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) (2019): Benthic infaunal abundance and biomass from Belfast Lough dredge disposal monitoring operations 2017 and 2018. v4.2. Marine Biological Association. Dataset/Samplingevent https://doi.org/10.17031/tyhfos

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Object Name

DOI

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Data Format

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Distribution

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URL
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Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

Character Encoding

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Data Format

Externally Defined Format

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Distribution

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URL
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Distribution

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URL
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Object Name

IPT

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Distribution

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URL
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Distribution

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URL
https://obis.org/dataset/612d0fa9-74df-4cef-9205-b1a945c55d8b

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Object Name

Metadata

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Data Format

Externally Defined Format

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Distribution

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