Marine sites, habitats and species data collected during the BioMar survey of Ireland.

A database of marine species of the seashore and seabed of the island of Ireland.



Geographic Coverage: The coast of the island of Ireland



Temporal Coverage: The data were collected from 1993 to 1996



Species Groups recorded: bacterium, horseshoe worm (Phoronida), bony fish (Actinopterygii), lichen, alga, flatworm (Turbellaria), cartilagenous fish (Chondricht, lampshell (Brachiopoda), echinoderm, sponge (Porifera), peanut worm (Sipuncula), insect - true fly (Diptera), crustacean, tunicate (Urochordata), annelid, marine mammal, sea spider (Pycnogonida), mollusc, bryozoan, acarine (Acari), ribbon worm (Nemertinea), flowering plant, entoproct, coelenterate (=cnidarian), springtail (Collembola), fungus



Dataset Status: Published as the BioMar Biotope Viewer.



Additional Information: Authors: Picton B.E., Emblow, C.S., Morrow, C.C., Sides, E.M., Tierney, P., McGrath, D., McGeough, G., McCrea, M., Dinneen, P., Falvey, J., Dempsey, S., Dowse, J. and Costello, M. J. Title and year: (2017). Marine sites, habitats and species data collected during the BioMar survey of Ireland. National Biodiversity Data Centre. Occurrence Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/cr7gvs accessed via GBIF.org on 2017-07-19.

Simple

Alternate title

ie.nbdc.dataset.BioMar
Date (Creation)
2017-01-05
Date (Publication)
2022-11-10
Date (Revision)
2022-11-10
Citation identifier
INSPIRE UUID / ie.nbdc.dataset.BioMar
Purpose

The aim of this survey was to provide descriptions of the littoral and sublittoral habitats and associated communities of the Republic of Ireland.

Status
On going
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

National Biodiversity Data Centre

Barry O'Neill

info@biodiversityireland.ie

Point of contact

GemetInspireTheme

  • Species distribution

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

  • wildlife

  • organism

  • wildlife conservation

  • environmental conservation

  • wildlife habitat

  • habitat

  • wildlife protection

  • nature protection

  • wildlife sanctuary

  • protected area

  • species

  • ecological parameter

  • environment

  • ecosystem

  • synecology

  • ecosystem analysis

  • ecosystem research

  • environmental research

  • biodiversity

National Biodiversity Data Centre

  • National Biodiversity Data Centre

  • NBDC

  • biodiversity data centre

  • publishToISDE

ISO 3166

  • Ireland
Use limitation

Creative Commons licence conditions apply
Use limitation

Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Use constraints
License
Other constraints

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spatial representation type
Vector
Distance
100  m
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
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Begin date
1993-01-01T00:00:00
End date
1996-12-31T00:00:00

Vertical extent

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
0

Vertical CS

No information provided.

Vertical datum

Reference system identifier
EPSG / http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29903

EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25

Distribution format
Name Version

CSV, Excel

RFC 1480, Office 2010
Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

National Biodiversity Data Centre

Barry O'Neill

info@biodiversityireland.ie

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/html

 		http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/258

View charts and maps information regarding data
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/csv

 		https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/Download?datasetId=258

Download as CSV (zipped)
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Data Specification on Species distribution
Alternate title

INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0
Date (Publication)
2013-12-10
Explanation

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

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

INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation
Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

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

Pass
No
Statement

All data were checked by Bernard Picton and Mark Costello, with additional checking of algae done by Michael Guiry.



Data Capture Method: Sublittoral sites were surveyed by scuba diving from a rigid inflatable boat and littoral sites by direct observation on the shore. Sites were surveyed following the procedures laid out Hiscock (1990). For each site, and habitats within each site, a description was made of the main physical and biological features. The relative abundance of all conspicuous species present are recorded, categorised as rare, occasional, frequent, common, abundant or super abundant using the scales in Hiscock (1990). Habitats were selected from the main biological subzones and range of substrata present. Details of each site were recorded on sublittoral/littoral site sublittoral habitat and littoral habitat forms which facilitate data collation and transfer to a database. Photographs were taken to illustrate the range of habitats, communities and species present at as many of the sites as possible. Specimens were collected to improve in situ identification skills and to contribute to a voucher collection of the species present in the survey area. Specimens were lodged in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin. A voucher collection algae present in the area and those that could not be identified were sent to Prof. M. Guiry, University College, Galway for identification.



Data Capture Purpose: The aim of this survey was to provide descriptions of the littoral and sublittoral habitats and associated communities of the Republic of Ireland.



Original Format: Access Database

Metadata

File identifier
ie.nbdc.dataset.BioMar XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2022-11-10T15:31:33.6384237
Metadata standard name

ISDI Metadata Profile
Metadata standard version

1.2
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

National Biodiversity Data Centre

Barry O'Neill

info@biodiversityireland.ie

Point of contact
Dataset URI

http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/258

 
 

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Spatial extent

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Keywords

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

biodiversity ecological parameter ecosystem ecosystem analysis ecosystem research environment environmental conservation environmental research habitat nature protection organism protected area species synecology wildlife wildlife conservation wildlife habitat wildlife protection wildlife sanctuary
GemetInspireTheme

Species distribution
National Biodiversity Data Centre

NBDC National Biodiversity Data Centre biodiversity data centre publishToISDE


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