Datasets
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Species point records from 1989 UMBSM Mull sealochs survey
The island of Mull, which is the second largest of the Scottish Inner Hebrides island group, has a deeply indented coastline containing nine sealochs and at least one other... -
Species point records from 1989 UMBSM Arisaig and Moidart sealochs survey
Five sealochs to the north-east of the Ardnamurchan Peninsula were surveyed during 1989 as part of the survey of the Scottish sealochs. All of the lochs were markedly different... -
Species point records from 1988 MNCR minor south-coast inlets in England survey
The survey area was on the south coast of Britain, and was divided into four sections:- 1. the harbour and estuary at Yarmouth, at the western end of the Isle of Wight, 2.... -
Species point records from 1990 UMBSM North & South Uist and Benbecula...
The Uist island chain in the Outer Hebrides is formed of Lewisian gneiss and is generaly low-lying with extensive and complex fresh and brackish water systems and a heavily... -
Species point records from 1988 MNCR Rockall survey
Rockall and its associated reefs are situated 306 km west of St Kilda on the Rockall Plateau, and are isolated from the shallow waters around Britain by the Rockall Trough,... -
Species point records from 1990 UMBSM Harris and Lewis sealochs survey
Six lochs were surveyed by UMBSM/NCC during a visit to Harris and Lewis in 1988 (Howson 1989). Six more were subsequently surveyed in August 1990: Loch Stocknish, East and West... -
Species point records from 1990 UMBSM Loch Etive survey
Loch Etive is a typical fjord, carved into grantie and metamorphic rocks by glaciers from the Rannoch Moor area. The steeply walled, deep upper basin is followed by a series of... -
Species point records from 1991 MNCR Loch Bracadale (Skye) survey
This survey carried out to enhance the survey coverage of the 1988 MNCR survey of Skye (Hiscock & Covey 1991). This survey aimed to describe the habitats and communities of... -
Species point records from 1991 MNCR Loch Laxford and Inchard littoral survey
This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the... -
Species point records from 1991 MNCR Dumfries & Galloway littoral survey
The inner Solway is an area of predominantly sedimentary substrata, with large expanses of mobile sediment and constantly migrating river channels from the Rivers Esk and Eden... -
Species point records from 1983 Smith Mull littoral survey
31 sites were surveyed on Mull. Further work is recommended, as Mull is a large area. The authors admit that algae, sponges, smaller crustacean and bryozoa in particular were... -
Species point records from 1989 UMBSM northern Firth of Clyde sealochs survey
The Cowal peninsula and mainland around the northern Firth of Clyde are deeply indented by six sealochs: Lochs Riddon, Striven, Goil, Long, the Holyloch and the Gareloch. The... -
Species point records from 1988 UMBSM Loch Ryan survey
Loch Ryan is situated at the southern entrance to the Firth of Clyde and is the most southerly of the Scottish sea lochs. It is 13.4 km in length and is shallow over its entire... -
Species point records from 1989 MNCR Whiteness Voe survey
Whiteness Voe was selected in 1987 as a Marine Consultation Area. The Voe was chosen as a representative site for one of the few voes in Shetland for which there was a... -
Species point records from 1986-89 MNCR Sector 8 (Western Channel) various surveys
The sites investigated in this survey were done so for a variety of reasons and are merely conveniently loosely grouped together under the MNCR sector heading in which they are... -
Species point records from 1989 MNCR Loch Sunart survey
This survey was undertaken to describe the range of habitats and associated communities of species in sublittoral areas of Loch Sunart and Loch Teacuis. Loch Sunart lies between... -
Species point records from 1989 MNCR Mull of Galloway/Auchencairn littoral survey
The Solway Firth straddles the western border between Scotland and England, the southern shores lying in Cumbria, the northern shores in Dumfries and Galloway. The shores... -
Species point records from 1987 NCC/MCS Seasearch Loch Sunart sublittoral survey
Loch Sunart is a sealoch set in an area of outstanding landscape and scenic value and surrounded by several areas of particularly high nature conservation importance. It is also... -
Species point records from 1988 MNCR Loch Nevis sublittoral survey
A small opportunistic sublittoral survey of Loch Nevis, undertaken at the request of NCC Scotland, in response to fish farm proposals. A survey report has not been produced.... -
Species point records from 1989 MNCR Cumbria littoral survey
The predominantly wild and unspoilt coastline within the survey area lies on the north-eastern side of the Irish Sea, between the expansive sediment shores of Morecambe Bay in...