Irish Spatial Data Exchange
Saltmarsh Monitoring Project 2006-2008
During the Saltmarsh Monitoring Project 2006-2008, initiated by the Research Branch of the National Parks and Wildlife Service,
Annex I Saltmarsh habitats according to the EU Habitats Directive were mapped around the coast of the Republic of Ireland, and their conservation status was assessed.
The initial phase of the survey was carried out in 2006 and involved the survey of 31 sites. An additional 100 sites were covered in a second survey phase in 2007 and 2008.
A monitoring methodology was developed based on JNCC guidelines for saltmarshes, based on vegetation surveys and assessments of threats and management practices. This methodology was adapted for Irish saltmarsh habitats.
An assessment of the conservation status was derived for each habitat at the site level. Structure and Functions was assessed by collecting data at a representative number of stops across each habitat. A suite of indicators of condition was derived and targets were set for each indicator. A certain number of targets had to be reached for a monitoring stop to pass. The proportion of passes or fails was used to assess the Structure and Functions parameter. Future Prospects were assessed by determining the impact of positive and negative activities at the site.
Simple
- Alternate title
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Saltmarsh Monitoring Project
- Date (Publication)
- 2011-01-13T00:00:00
- Citation identifier
- https://data.gov.ie/dataset/ / saltmarsh-monitoring-project-2006-2008
- Purpose
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This survey is designed to meet the monitoring objectives of the EU Habitats Directive with regard to saltmarsh habitats in Ireland. The aim of this project is to monitor the conservation status of several saltmarsh habitats including the following EU Annexed habitats (EC 2003):
- Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand (1310),
- Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae) (1330),
- Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimae) (1410),
- Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi) (1420) at several sites around the coast of Ireland.
Data from this project provides baseline information for the future monitoring of Irish saltmarshes.
- Status
- Completed
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Habitats and biotopes
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GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1
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habitat, biodiversity, marsh, salt marsh
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National Parks and Wildlife Service
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National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, species, habitat protection, heritage, National Biodiversity Plan
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ISO 3166
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Ireland
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- Use limitation
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Copyright Government of Ireland. This dataset was created by National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. This copyright material is licensed for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 10560
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Biota
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Vertical extent
- Minimum value
- 0
- Maximum value
- 1014
Vertical CS
Vertical datum
- Reference system identifier
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EPSG
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https://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29903
EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25
- Distribution format
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Name Version Esri shapefile
v10.x
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Point of contact
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name application/zip
https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/general/saltmarsh-monitoring-project-2006-2008.zip Download SHP
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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INSPIRE Data Specification on Habitats and Biotopes
- Alternate title
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INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0
- Date (Publication)
- 2013-12-10
- Explanation
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The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.
- Pass
- No
Conformance result
- Title
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Alternate title
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INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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- No
- Statement
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This polygon shapefile contains habitat information based on:
- dedicated field surveys for the Saltmarsh Monitoring Project 2006-2008,
- field surveys carried out for other projects, mainly the Coastal Monitoring Project 2004-2006 and
- a desktop survey mapping general saltmarsh vegetation.
The initial desktop survey was used to prepare a GIS resource that mapped the entire identifiable saltmarsh habitat in Ireland. It was then used to estimate the national distribution and range of each Annex I saltmarsh habitat in Ireland and was also used to estimate total areas for each of these habitats. This was then updated at the end of fieldwork (2007-2008) to include more accurate ground-truthed habitats from all of the newly surveyed sites.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 8538fb49-70cd-4c81-a4bd-37ab4487bd52 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2021-06-29T18:10:30
- Metadata standard name
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ISDI Metadata Profile
- Metadata standard version
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1.2
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Author
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