Benthic Infauna Samples from Skerries Bank, January 2014

99 biological samples collected from the seabed at Skerries Bank and its surrounding areas. The data was gathered by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) in January 2014 and is published under an open government license.

Use Cases

• Modeling benthic biodiversity based on the 99 infauna samples.
• Assessing environmental impacts on coastal seabed communities based on the sample collection.
• Monitoring temporal changes in marine infauna populations based on the January 2014 snapshot.

Strengths

• Contains 99 distinct biological samples, providing a substantive snapshot.
• Data originates from a recognized government science agency (Cefas).

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas)

Collection Method

Field sampling of benthic infauna.

Time Range

January 2014

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Skerries Bank and surrounding coastal areas.