North West estuaries benthic surveys (1992)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | AstraZeneca, Brixham Environmental Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | 1992 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Silloth - Morecambe, eastern Irish Sea Grid reference : 3110 East 5550 North to 3230 East 4600 North |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed; Insect and earthworm taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the littoral zone; Insect and earthworm taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed; Zoobenthos taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the littoral zone; Sediment grain size parameters; Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance; Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts |
| Instruments | Benthos samplers; sediment grabs |
| Description | |
| Summary | The data set comprises a single survey of benthic ecology close to sewage outfall. |
| Originators | AstraZeneca, Brixham Environmental Laboratory |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | AstraZeneca, Brixham Environmental Laboratory |
| Availability | By negotiation |
| Contact | Nigel Shillabeer and Ross Brown (External Business Manager and Ecologist) |
| Address | AstraZeneca, Brixham Environmental Laboratory |
| Telephone | +44 1803 882882 |
| nigel.shillabeer@brixham.astrazenica.com | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1090002 |
| Global identifier | 856 |
| Last revised | 2009-05-22 |
