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Northern seafan and sponge communities - Caryophyllia smithii and Swiftia pallida on circalittoral rock (Priority Marine Feature) (SNH WMS) |
The Priority Marine Feature (PMF) list contains 81 habitats and species considered to be of conservation importance in Scotland's seas. It includes many features which are characteristic of the Scottish marine environment, ranging from flame shell beds in coastal waters, to cold-water coral reefs of the deeper seas, and mobile species such as minke whale and basking shark.
This layer shows distribution of Caryophyllia smithii and Swiftia pallida on circalittoral rock in the Scottish marine environment. It is a very species rich community supporting a range of soft corals, sea firs, sea mats, sea squirts etc.
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Northern seafan and sponge communities - Deep sponge communities (circalittoral) (Priority Marine Feature) (SNH WMS) |
The Priority Marine Feature (PMF) list contains 81 habitats and species considered to be of conservation importance in Scotland's seas. It includes many features which are characteristic of the Scottish marine environment, ranging from flame shell beds in coastal waters, to cold-water coral reefs of the deeper seas, and mobile species such as minke whale and basking shark.
This layer shows the distribution of deep sponge communities (circalittoral) in the Scottish marine environment. These are found off the west of the Hebrides and the north-east coast of Shetland as well as a few other locations along the west coast. They are very diverse communities with the majority of UK records from Scotland.
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Maerl beds (Priority Marine Feature) (SNH WMS) |
The Priority Marine Feature (PMF) list contains 81 habitats and species considered to be of conservation importance in Scotland's seas. It includes many features which are characteristic of the Scottish marine environment, ranging from flame shell beds in coastal waters, to cold-water coral reefs of the deeper seas, and mobile species such as minke whale and basking shark.
This layer shows the distribution of Maerl beds around Scotland. Maerl beds are found along the entire west coast of Britain but the vast majority are in Scotland where they are widespread along the west coast, the Hebrides and the Northern Isles and together represent about 30% of all maerl beds in north-west Europe. Maerl is extremely slow growing and some of the extensive beds may be over 1,000 years old.
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Video clips from MPA surveys |
This layer combines video clips and analysis from seabed surveys carried out by Marine Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage and SEPA as part of the Scottish MPA Programme.
Seabed survey videos have been clipped and sample videos were uploaded to YouTube. The videos and survey results data have been combined into a point GIS layer depicting the location of the seabed surveys. The attribute information provides access to the results from the survey and the relevant video clips.
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Submarine structures made by leaking gases (Priority Marine Feature) (SNH WMS) |
The Priority Marine Feature (PMF) list contains 81 habitats and species considered to be of conservation importance in Scotland's seas. It includes many features which are characteristic of the Scottish marine environment, ranging from flame shell beds in coastal waters, to cold-water coral reefs of the deeper seas, and mobile species such as minke whale and basking shark.
This layer shows the distribution of submarine structures made by leaking gases. These are rocks, pavements and pillars up to four metres high and composed of carbonate cement. This cement is produced by microbial oxidation of gases (mostly methane) that bubble up from below the seafloor.
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AIS Shipping Traffic - Average weekly density of all vessel types 2012 - 2015 (time aware) |
Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a maritime navigation safety communications system adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to provide vessel information, primarily for the purposes of maritime safety. AIS data are collected by various organisations and can be analysed to provide a source of spatial information about vessel movements within the geographical limits of the system. This layer shows the average weekly shipping density, of all vessel types, for northern UK at 2km grid resolution, featuring multiple years for NMPi's time-aware functionality.
AIS datasets were sampled from the first seven days of each month, commencing with January, at monthly intervals. The total value for all 12 weeks was divided by 12 to determine the weekly average, therefore decimal values may occur for certain cells. The weekly average was also multiplied by 52 to provide the estimated annual average.
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Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) sightings and distribution (Priority Marine Feature) (SNH WMS) |
The Priority Marine Feature (PMF) list contains 81 habitats and species considered to be of conservation importance in Scotland's seas. It includes many features which are characteristic of the Scottish marine environment, ranging from flame shell beds in coastal waters, to cold-water coral reefs of the deeper seas, and mobile species such as minke whale and basking shark.
This layer shows sightings and distribution of the Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus).
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AIS Shipping Traffic - Average weekly density of non-port service craft 2012 - 2015 (time aware) |
Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a maritime navigation safety communications system adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to provide vessel information, primarily for the purposes of maritime safety. AIS data are collected by various organisations and can be analysed to provide a source of spatial information about vessel movements within the geographical limits of the system. This layer shows the average weekly shipping density, of non-port service craft, for northern UK at 2km grid resolution, featuring multiple years for NMPi's time-aware functionality.
AIS datasets were sampled from the first seven days of each month, commencing with January, at monthly intervals. The total value for all 12 weeks was divided by 12 to determine the weekly average, therefore decimal values may occur for certain cells. The weekly average was also multiplied by 52 to provide the estimated annual average.
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2013 Basking shark SPOT tag 129439 surface positions (SNH WMS) |
The Priority Marine Feature (PMF) list contains 81 habitats and species considered to be of conservation importance in Scotland's seas. It includes many features which are characteristic of the Scottish marine environment, ranging from flame shell beds in coastal waters, to cold-water coral reefs of the deeper seas, and mobile species such as minke whale and basking shark.
To gain detailed insights into the distribution, habitat-use, movements and behaviour of basking sharks, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the University of Exeter initiated a research project to attach satellite tags to basking sharks in the summers of 2012 and 2013. This layer is part of a dataset that shows Basking shark satellite tagging data from 2012 and 2013 for a number of individual sharks. This layer is a Web Map Service that displays the satellite tagging data for surface positions for tag 129439.
The final results from satellite tagging of 61 basking sharks in the Sea of the Hebrides are presented in ‘SNH Commissioned Report 908: Basking shark satellite tagging project: insights into basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) movement, distribution and behaviour using satellite telemetry - Final report’.
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AIS Shipping Traffic - Average weekly density of passenger vessels 2012 - 2015 (time aware) |
Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a maritime navigation safety communications system adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to provide vessel information, primarily for the purposes of maritime safety. AIS data are collected by various organisations and can be analysed to provide a source of spatial information about vessel movements within the geographical limits of the system. This layer shows the average weekly shipping density, of passenger vessels, for northern UK at 2km grid resolution, featuring multiple years for NMPi's time-aware functionality.
AIS datasets were sampled from the first seven days of each month, commencing with January, at monthly intervals. The total value for all 12 weeks was divided by 12 to determine the weekly average, therefore decimal values may occur for certain cells. The weekly average was also multiplied by 52 to provide the estimated annual average.
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