Datasets

• Eastern Solway Firth benthic substrate map

  The purpose of this piece of work was to provide additional information on known areas of scar ground in the Solway Firth. It was found that the location of the scar ground had...

• Loch of Stenness cSAC intertidal and subtidal substrate map

  The Loch of Stenness is the largest saline lagoon in the UK and has been proposed as a cSAC. SeaMap were contracted to carry out a comprehensive survey and mapping exercise of...

• Busta Voe and Olna Firth, Shetland: lifeforms map

  An acoustic survey of Busta Voe was carried out with video and grab samples. This was analysed to create lifeform maps using GIS. Additional information source: Entec (1996)...

• Broadscale survey and mapping of the seabed, shore habitats and biota at St...

  SeaMap were contracted by SNH to review and analyse acoustic data collected from the sea around St Kilda and to interpret these data using ground truth records. Additional...

• Mapping the distribution of benthic biotopes in the Summer Isles. Lifeforms

  A survey of habitats with particular reference to maerl around the Summer Isles, Ross & Chromate, Scotland was undertaken by the Benthic Mapping and assessment project...

• Sanday sublittoral lifeforms map (reduced lifeforms)

  The kelp beds and interspersed sandy bays around Sanday were intensively surveyed using an acoustic ground discrimination system for remote survey and a towed video for ground...

• Mapping the distribution of benthic biotopes in Loch Torridon: substrate...

  This brief report presents the analysis completed to date. Little biological data exists for the majority of the deeper water of the Loch and for this reason the initial...

• Loch Roag, Lewis: lifeforms map area 5

  This evaluation of the RoxAnn system as a tool for mapping the distribution of kelp biotopes has been undertaken as part of the BioMar Project which is funded by the European...

• Loch Roag, Lewis: lifeforms map area 4

  This evaluation of the RoxAnn system as a tool for mapping the distribution of kelp biotopes has been undertaken as part of the BioMar Project which is funded by the European...

• Loch Roag, Lewis: lifeforms map area 3

  This evaluation of the RoxAnn system as a tool for mapping the distribution of kelp biotopes has been undertaken as part of the BioMar Project which is funded by the European...

• Loch Roag, Lewis: lifeforms map area 2

  This evaluation of the RoxAnn system as a tool for mapping the distribution of kelp biotopes has been undertaken as part of the BioMar Project which is funded by the European...

• Loch Roag, Lewis: lifeforms map area 1

  This evaluation of the RoxAnn system as a tool for mapping the distribution of kelp biotopes has been undertaken as part of the BioMar Project which is funded by the European...

• Extent of Serpulid reef and Modiolus modiolus beds in Loch Creran

  The purpose of the current study was to initiate site condition monitoring of the reefs of Loch Creran. This was done to establish a baseline biological data set that would...

• Sound of Harris - Biotopes

  The Sound of Harris is a topographically complex marine area situated between North Uist and Harris in the Outer Hebrides. Very little is known of the marine biota of the area...

• The Solway Firth: broad scale habitat mapping

  Field survey of the intertidal and subtidal areas of the Solway Firth (north shore). Intertidal using shore survey and SACFOR abundance scale, subtidal using RoxAnn, ground-...

• Mapping of the benthic biotopes in the proposed Sound of Arisaig Special...

  SNH commissioned the BioMar project to map the distribution of biotopes and lifeforms in the Sound of Arisaig pSAC, and in addition, undertake further detailed studies of the...

• Biotope Mapping and Survey of the Treshnish Isles Candidate Special Area of...

  Survey of the intertidal and subtidal zones of the Treshnish Isles cSAC to provide a broad scale biotope distribution map for the area. This dataset is a map of intertidal...

• Biotope Mapping and Survey of the Treshnish Isles Candidate Special Area of...

  Survey of the intertidal and subtidal zones of the Treshnish Isles cSAC to provide a broad scale biotope distribution map for the area. This dataset is a map of predicted...

• Broad Scale Biotope Mapping of the Isle of May cSAC: subtidal lifeforms

  As part of the Forth Spatial Study the intertidal and subtidal areas of the Isle of May cSAC, and a surrounding 1km wide buffer zone were surveyed to provide a comprehensive...

• Broad Scale Biotope Mapping of the Isle of May cSAC: intertidal biotopes

  As part of the Forth Spatial Study the intertidal and subtidal areas of the Isle of May cSAC, and a surrounding 1km wide buffer zone were surveyed to provide a comprehensive...