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Jersey, Channel Islands, intertidal surveys (1981-1992)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
General | |
Data holding centre | University of Portsmouth Marine Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Time period | From 1981 to 1992 |
Ongoing | No |
Geographical area | Intertidal areas around Jersey, Channel Islands |
Observations | |
Parameters | Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed; Sediment grain size parameters; Salinity of the water column; Temperature of the water column; Sediment water content, porosity and surface area; Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance; Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts; Geological sample density; Zoobenthos generic abundance |
Instruments | Salinity sensor; pH sensors; redox potential sensors; unconsolidated sediment corers; dissolved gas sensors |
Description | |
Summary | Both rocky and depository intertidal areas of Jersey have been investigated. Some have been monitored over many years. Species lists have been compiled for Portelet Bay, Giffard Bay, L'Archirondel Bay, La Rocque, St. Aubin's Bay. The spread of the invasive Japanese alga Sargassum muticum has been monitored as has the level of imporex in the Nucella lapillus populations. |
Originators | University of Portsmouth Marine Laboratory |
Availability | |
Organisation | University of Portsmouth Marine Laboratory |
Availability | By negotiation |
Contact | Dr. Bob Fletcher (Reader in Marine Environmental Sciences) |
Address | University of Portsmouth Marine Laboratory |
bob.fletcher@port.ac.uk | |
Administration | |
Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Local identifier | 1015002 |
Global identifier | 1538 |
Last revised | 2009-10-15 |