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Monitoring

Marine Scotland Science (MSS) undertakes a wide range of monitoring covering many aspects of the Scottish marine ecosystem.

Monitoring is undertaken in Scottish Inshore Waters, using networks of volunteers and automatic recording equipment, as well as in Scottish Offshore Waters, using the MSS research vessels MRV Alba na Mara and MRV Scotia.

Marine Scotland Science also participates national monitoring programmes, such as:

  • UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy (UKMMAS)
  • UK Marine Environmental Change Network (MECN)
  • UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN)

This group provides published data from monitoring these activities. For many activities, there are national or international standards for how the monitoring is undertaken.

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Sediment type and surficial sedimentary carbon stocks across the United Kingdom’s Exclusive Economic Zone and the territorial waters of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands

Spatial mapping of the sediment type and the carbon (C) stored in the top 10 cm of the sediments found across the seabed of the United Kingdom’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and within the territorial waters of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The dataset contains two resources:
UK EEZ Sediment Type: Spatial mapping of seafloor sediment type classified using the modified Folk scheme.
UK EEZ Surficial Sedimentary Carbon: Spatial mapping of the organic carbon (OC) and inorganic (IC) in the top 10 cm of sediments.
The work is part of the Scottish Blue Carbon Forum research programme funded by the Scottish Government.
Full details of the production of this data can be found in:
Smeaton, C., Hunt, C.A., Turrell, W.R. and Austin, W.E.N. (2021), Marine sedimentary carbon stocks of the United Kingdom’s Exclusive Economic Zone, Frontiers in Earth Sciences.

doi: 
10.7489/12354-1
Citation: 
Smeaton, C., Hunt, C.A., Turrell, W.R. and Austin, W.E.N. 2021. Sediment type and surficial sedimentary carbon stocks across the United Kingdom’s Exclusive Economic Zone and the territorial waters of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.. doi: 10.7489/12354-1

Data and Resources

carbon
inorganic carbon
organic carbon
sediment
seabed
seafloor
Scotland
United Kingdom
sediment type
folk
marine geology
fjords
continental shelf
FieldValue
Publisher
Monitoring
Modified
2021-01-19
Release Date
2021-01-19
Identifier
f763e2b9-ce18-4ca0-9d93-1a0bc04b61f6
License
UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
Public Access Level
Public