Rocky Shore Macroalgae

Data collected on the macroalgae of rocky shores for Water Framework Directive assessment.



Geographic Coverage: Republic of Ireland. Selected Water Framework Directive (WFD) waterbodies identified under EPA WFD monitoring programme.



Temporal Coverage: 2007 to 2020



Species Groups recorded: alga, flowering plant, lichen, Lower plants, Sponge (Porifera)



Dataset Status: This is an incomplete Dataset, surveys are ongoing with each waterbody assessed twice in a 6-year cycle. Not yet published.



Additional Information: More detailed information on all aspects of monitoring for the Water Framewokr Directive is available for the EPA's website: http://www.epa.ie/downloads/pubs/water/other/wfd/

Simple

Alternate title

ie.nbdc.dataset.RockyShoreMacroalgae
Date (Creation)
2011-07-01
Date (Publication)
2021-11-03
Date (Revision)
2021-11-03
Citation identifier
INSPIRE UUID / ie.nbdc.dataset.RockyShoreMacroalgae
Purpose

Ecological assessment based on rocky shore macroalgal species diversity
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
2007-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2020-12-31T00:00:00

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/59

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

text/csv

 		https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/Download?datasetId=59

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 collected by qualified marine biologists. Species identification assessed through (UK's) National Marine Biological Analytical Quality Control (NMBAQC) macroalgae species identification QA/QC tests



Data Capture Method: Water Framework Directive rocky shore assessment surveys



Data Capture Purpose: Ecological assessment based on rocky shore macroalgal species diversity

Metadata

File identifier
ie.nbdc.dataset.RockyShoreMacroalgae XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-10-07T10:18:41
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/59

 
 

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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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