Dive Surveys in the Fal Area by Deeble, Nokes, Stone and Gainey
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | 1982; 1983 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Fal area, Cornwall |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Mineralogical composition; Insect and earthworm taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed; Sediment grain size parameters; Seabed photography; Sediment water content, porosity and surface area; Geological sample magnetic, electrical and acoustic properties; Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance; Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts; Geological sample density; Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column; Water column photography; Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies; Transmittance and attenuance of the water column |
| Instruments | Cameras |
| Description | |
| Summary | Dives carried out in the Fal Estuary (31 sites); Porthkerris Beach, Pendennis Point, Pennance Point, St. Marks Bank, Gull Rock, St. Anthony, Manacks, Porthmellin Head, Swanpool. Species recorded from most groups, including algate, sea anemones, polychaetes, crustaceans, molluscs. |
| Originators | Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly |
| Availability | Unrestricted |
| Contact | Sarah Myles; Nic Harrison-White (Manager; Information Coordinator) |
| Address | Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly |
| Telephone | 01872 240777 |
| sarah@cornwt.demon.co.uk; wis@cornwt.demon.co.uk | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1133004 |
| Global identifier | 948 |
| Last revised | 2009-10-19 |
