Diving sites in Berkeley Sound February 2016

Twenty eight sites in subtidal and sublittoral areas where surveyed in Berkeley Sound in February 2016. Divers from the Shallow Marine Surveys Group gathered data, such as photo, count and abundance of species, along 20 metres transect. The aim of the survey was to collect data to ground truth a marine habitat map and a kelp map (lessonia and macrocystis species) derived from high resolution satellite imagery (work from Environment Systems).

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Field	Value
Last Updated	December 21, 2020, 10:04 (PST)
Created	January 30, 2020, 05:21 (PST)
Region	Falkland Islands
Language	eng
Topic Category	Biota; flora and/or fauna in natural environment
Temporal Extent Start	2016-01-01
Temporal Extent End	2016-12-31
Dataset Reference Date	2016
Lineage	A subtidal and sublittoral diving survey was carried out by a team of experience divers of the Shallow Marine Survey Group in Berkeley Sound. The data were collected in three ways: by filling in a habitat form (Joint Nature Conservation Committe standard form for sublittoral habitats), by counting species along a 20 metre transect and by quadrats, which are put at each side of the transect. The quadrats are placed every metres so that at the end there are 20 quadrats. Photos of each quadrat were taken for a post analysis in the office using photoquad software. The dives occurred at various depths (5-10, 10-15, 15-20 metres). The data were transferred to Marine Recorder v5 and are accessed through a so called snapshot tool, which is the database described in this metadata form. The database contain information on: depth, abundance of species (JNCC form), count of species, substratum, rock and sediment features description and additional notes. The bearing of the dives was also added to the comments.
West Longitude	-58.157
South Latitude	-51.6379
East Longitude	-57.7396
North Latitude	-51.5048
Spatial Reference System	WGS84
Responsible Organisation Name	Hidden (personal data protection)
Contact Mail Address	Hidden (personal data protection)
Responsible Party Role	Hidden (personal data protection)
Access Limitations	Restricted, send data request to data custodian
Use Constraints	Open, but copyright and/or Intellectual Property Rights apply
Resource Reference	Please acknowledge data source as: South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI) and Shallow Marine Surveys Group (SMSG)
Data Format	mdb
Update Frequency	not planned
Accuracy	geographic coordinates indicate where the dive started with accuracy from 5 to 10 metres
Resource Type	Database
Original Title	Hidden (internal use only)
Metadata Date	2016-03-19
Metadata Point of Contact	datamanager@saeri.ac.fk
Contact Consent	Contact details hidden
Unique Resource ID	FK-PREMIER-262

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