SMSG survey report marine invasive species march 2011

The report describe the first survey for marine invasive species in the Falkland Islands carried out by the Shallow Marine Survey Group in March 2011. Two invasive species were found in the inshore waters out of Stanley, the capital of the Falklands: Chaetopterus variopedatus and Ciona intestinalis.

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Last Updated December 21, 2020, 10:00 (PST)
Created January 30, 2020, 05:20 (PST)
Region Falkland Islands
Language eng
Topic Category Environment; environmental resources, protection and conservation
Temporal Extent Start 2011-01-01
Temporal Extent End 2011-12-31
Dataset Reference Date 2011
Lineage The survey was conducted in shallow waters at three locations: Stanley harbour, Hadassa bay and Port William. Methods of investigation were numerous: a settlement plate was deployed at each location, then 20 metres transects and 0.25 sqm quadrats were carried out to count mobile species and take pictures of them for estimating abundances. Data will be used to examine community structure and will be compared between sites and depths. Species never seen before were collected to be identified in a second part of the survey. Other specimen were collected and photograped. More details about the survey and the findings are on the report: P. Brickle, P. Brewin, J. Brown, V. Laptikhovsky, S. Cartwright, S. Brown, M. Collins, D. Poncet, 2011, "Survey report invasive species march 2011", Shallow Marine Surveys Group. Available on request.
West Longitude -61.301
South Latitude -52.43
East Longitude -57.8555
North Latitude -51.04
Spatial Reference System WGS84
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Access Limitations Open access
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Resource Reference Cite data source as: P. Brickle, P. Brewin, J. Brown, V. Laptikhovsky, S. Cartwright, S. Brown, M. Collins, D. Poncet, 2011, Survey report invasive species march 2011, Shallow Marine Surveys Group
Data Format pdf
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Resource Type Report
Original Title Hidden (internal use only)
Metadata Date 2015-07-05
Metadata Point of Contact datamanager@saeri.ac.fk
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Unique Resource ID FK-SMSG-201

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