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id 589
cruise 2005/6_MEPF
additional_info For more detailed information on the acquisition equipment and data collection techniques, operational standards, data processing methods and quality control procedures used on this survey see the Report of Survey/Cruise Report and associated documentation where available. The information available may vary depending on the age of the survey. Data are checked and loaded to the BGS Coastal and Marine data management system following BGS marine data management procedures.
confidentiality unclassified (open file)
cruise_alias CEND12/05
nav_equip_type Differential GPS
accessuse_restric unrestricted use, copyright acknowledgement
restitle Multibeam and Sampling Survey 2005/6_MEPF: MALSF Eastern English Channel Marine Habitat Map Study (26/Jul/2005 to 06/Aug/2005)
geophys_equip_type None
terms_of_use Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced MALSF materials "Contains Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF) materials ©Crown Copyright [year]"
ship RV Cefas Endeavour
samp_equip_type Grab: Amon or Hamon
terms_of_use_url http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
mdfileid_nerc_guid abc9f747-5494-0f38-e044-0003ba9b0d98
client Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund
start_date 2005-07-26 00:00:00
contractor CEFAS
start_date_est Real
cruise_data_url None
cruise_area CP2 Regional Sea Boundaries: Eastern Channel, Offshore 1:250k: Dungeness-Boulogne, Wight, SeaVoX Sub-Ocean: DOVER STRAIT, ENGLISH CHANNEL
end_date 2005-08-06 00:00:00
abstract This CEFAS sampling survey took place during July/August 2005 in the Eastern English Channel aboard the RV CEFAS Endeavour. This survey was undertaken for the Eastern English Channel Marine Habitat Map study (EECMHM) as part of a series of four surveys. The EECMHM study was funded by the Marine Environment Protection Fund (MEPF) a marine component of the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF). The main cruise objective was to collect groundtruthing samples from up to 150 sites in the Eastern English Channel in order to validate acoustic data collected in May/June 2005. All 150 sites were sampled with a HamCam (Hamon grab with camera fitted) and ~40 with a 2m Jennings type Beam trawl. Stills and video imagery were collected from ~40 sites using either a towed video sledge or drop camera frame. Multibeam bathymetry data were collected on the transits between sampling stations. During this survey, benthos and sediment samples were also collected for a time-series study at 10 EARS sites in the Eastern English Channel using the HamCam, and UWTV sledge. These data are archived with the MEDIN Data Archive Centres (DACs) including the BGS DAC for geology and geophysics, the DASSH DAC for biological data. The multibeam data are not part of the archived dataset. Where they hardcopy records/samples exist these have been archived by CEFAS. For further information on the surveys and general information on the EECMHM see the final report (James et al, 2007. Cefas Science Series Technical Report No. 139).
end_date_est Real