Cefas Skerries Bank Infauna Samples from January to March 2014

99 INFAUNA samples were collected at Skerries Bank and Surrounds by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas). The data was aggregated via the eu_open_data platform and is made available under the UK Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Analyze benthic community composition based on the 99 infauna samples.
• Assess habitat health and biodiversity at Skerries Bank based on the described sampling.
• Conduct temporal or spatial comparisons of marine infauna based on the specified location and date range.

Strengths

• Contains 99 distinct biological samples.
• Samples are from a specific, named location (Skerries Bank and Surrounds).
• Data has a defined temporal scope (January to March 2014).

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

Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas)

Collection Method

Field collection of biological samples.

Time Range

January to March 2014

Freshness

Data is from 2014; last update is unknown.

Geography

Skerries Bank and Surrounds