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id 65477370
restitle MCZ: Greater Haig Fras: Multibeam, Sidescan Sonar, Benthic Sampling and Photo/Video Survey ghgf_cend1012: Western Channel & Celtic Sea (05/07/2012 - 11/07/2012)
contractor CEFAS
start_date 2012-07-05 00:00:00
download_url https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/BSmosaicData/MCZ_ghgf_cend1012.zip
accessuse_restric unrestricted use, copyright acknowledgement
terms_of_use_url http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
client Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
cruise_id 925
cruise MCZ_ghgf_cend1012
abstract A seabed survey for the purpose of habitat identification and mapping at the Greater Haig Fras recommended Marine Conservation Zone (rMCZ) site, west of Cornwall, UK. Comprising acoustic corridors overlying a 5 km triangular grid of ground-truth sampling stations. Three nested full coverage areas in the west, centre and east of the site. Acoustic survey by multibeam (bathymetry and backscatter) and sidescan sonar (part coverage only). Ground-truth sampling by grabs and underwater cameras (video & stills images). Broadscale habitat (BSH) and habitat FOCI (Features of Conservation Interest) recorded at time of sampling and included in cruise/survey report. More in-depth interpretation to be made in a Post-Survey Site Report, following integrated assessment of acoustics and outputs from laboratory analysis of benthic samples. Central, full coverage area targeted to provide data sets against which the capabilities of AutoSub (an AUV owned by National Oceanogrephic Centre (NOC), Southampton, UK) could be tested. These data are archived with the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centres (DACs) including the British Geological Survey (BGS) DAC for geology and geophysics, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) bathymetry DAC. The full site data package including raw is also available on request from BGS.
end_date 2012-07-11 00:00:00
confidentiality unclassified (open file)
terms_of_use Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs materials "Contains Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs materials @Crown Copyright [year]"