Datasets
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Habitat point records from 1991 MNCR Ravenglass, Duddon & Ribble estuaries...
The Ribble, Duddon and Ravenglass estuary systems drain into the eastern basin of the Irish Sea. These estuaries have general west to east orientation which gives rise to a... -
Habitat point records from 1979-82 NCC/RSM Jura and Islay littoral survey
Jura and Islay are the most southerly and two of the largest islands of the Inner Hebrides. Their ecology and demography is sharply controlled by geology, and the marine... -
Habitat point records from 1982 OPRU Jura and Islay sublittoral survey
This report describes the results of surveys of nearshore sublittoral habitats and communities around the Hebridean islands of Jura and Islay in June and July 1982. 2. Sites... -
Habitat point records from 1988 UMBSM Lochs a' Chairn Bhain, Glencoul &...
Loch Cairnbawn is one of the most northerly of Scottish sea lochs, only Lochs Laxford, Dughaill and Inchard lying further north on the west coast. The Y'-shaped loch system,... -
Habitat point records from 1989 UMBSM south Argyll and west Kintyre sealochs survey
Six mainland lochs south of Oban were surveyed during 1989 as part of the survey of Scottish sealochs. Loch Feochan, the most northerly, opens into the Firth of Lorne and is... -
Habitat 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... -
Habitat 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... -
Habitat 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.... -
Habitat 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... -
Habitat 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,... -
Habitat 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... -
Habitat 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... -
Habitat 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... -
Habitat 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... -
Habitat 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... -
Habitat 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... -
Habitat 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... -
Habitat 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... -
Habitat 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... -
Habitat 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...