Single particle characterisation

This dataset contains records of marine epifaunal communities colonizing artificial substrates, collected as part of research into population connectivity using oceanographic modelling to generate a multidisciplinary dataset to validate biologically realistic models of larval connectivity between sites in the North Sea during two contrasting years (2014 and 2017). These models will be used to predict how networks of hard substrate in the North Sea function in the dispersal and metapopulation structure of marine epifauna. One of the outputs of the research is a tool which will predict how the distribution of epifauna is affected when specific artificial platforms are altered within the network. Such information will help to provide environmental evidence to decision makers regarding whether artificial platforms should be removed or remain in place, as well as allowing projection of connectivity based on future climate-driven scenarios. These datasets were generated for the Connectivity of Hard Substrate Assemblages in the North Sea (CHASANS) project which ran between June 2020 to May 2023.

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