Loch Moidart Intertidal Sediment Flat Baseline Survey, 2003

A 2003 baseline biological dataset for the Loch Moidart Special Area of Conservation, created by Scottish Natural Heritage. The data was collected to assess the condition of intertidal sediment flat habitats. The survey established a series of relocatable stations along transects to capture biological and environmental diversity.

Use Cases

• Establishing a habitat condition baseline based on the described biological data collection.
• Assessing environmental diversity across sediment flats based on the transect and station methodology.
• Monitoring long-term changes in intertidal ecosystems based on the relocatable station design.

Strengths

• Data was collected with a specific purpose to establish a baseline for future condition assessment.
• The survey methodology used transects and relocatable stations designed to reflect biological and environmental diversity.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), aggregated by the Government Digital Service on eu_open_data.

Collection Method

Site condition monitoring survey establishing relocatable stations along transects.

Time Range

2003

Freshness

Data is from a single survey in 2003.

Geography

Loch Moidart and Shiel Woods, Scotland (Loch Moidart SAC).