Marine macrobenthos of chalk shores, south and east England (1986-1998)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | From 1986 to 1998 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | South and east England |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Macroalgae and seagrass taxonomy-related counts; Macroalgae generic abundance in water bodies; Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed |
| Instruments | Benthos samplers; manual biota samplers |
| Description | |
| Summary | Ecological accounts of chalk sea shores were undertaken initially as part of an environmental impact analysis for Channel Tunnel construction, and specialist evidence for a Public Enquiry in relation to other proposed coastal engineering work. This was extended to complete the chalk shores theme volume for the Joint Nature Conservation Committee's Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). Keywords: floristics, faunistics, ecology, conservation, distribution |
| Originators | Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum |
| Data web site | http://www.nhm.ac.uk/ |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum |
| Availability | By negotiation |
| Contact | Keeper of Zoology |
| Address | Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum |
| Telephone | +44 20 7942 5275 |
| psr@nhm.ac.uk | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1039005 |
| Global identifier | 598 |
| Last revised | 2009-12-02 |
