Environmental Baseline Survery of the Burdwood Bank, South Falklands Basin 2008

The dataset is a report on bethic macrofauna, sediment analyses and water quality measurement collected for the Environmental Baseline Survey carried out in the South Falklands Basin, Burdwood bank site in 2008 by Benthic Solutions for Borders and Southern Petroleum Plc.

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Last Updated December 21, 2020, 10:07 (PST)
Created January 30, 2020, 05:24 (PST)
Region Falkland Islands
Language eng
Topic Category Environment; environmental resources, protection and conservation
Temporal Extent Start 2008-11-18
Temporal Extent End 2008-11-21
Dataset Reference Date 2008
Lineage In November 2008, Benthic solutions carried out an environmental survey for Desire Petroleum Limited in the Burdwood Bank region of South Falklands Basin on vessel MV Luma. Benthic photos and samples were taken at 23 stations to anlayse macrofaunal communities, shallow geology, physico-chemical properties, sediment data, geology and water column structure. The report, without the data, is available.
West Longitude -60.6489
South Latitude -54.8575
East Longitude -56.2256
North Latitude -53.7784
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 point of contact
Use Constraints Open, but copyright and/or Intellectual Property Rights apply
Resource Reference Cite data source as: see pdf
Data Format pdf
Update Frequency completed
Accuracy Unknown
Resource Type Report
Original Title Hidden (internal use only)
Metadata Date 2018-04-02
Metadata Point of Contact datamanager@saeri.ac.fk
Contact Consent Contact details hidden
Unique Resource ID FK-BSP-470

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