Loch Paible Mudflat Condition Monitoring and Biotope Mapping Survey, 2015

Scottish Natural Heritage conducted a 2015 site condition monitoring and biotope mapping survey of the mudflat feature within Loch Paible, North Uist. The study resurveyed two representative transects established in 2004 to identify deterioration and assess the feature's current condition. The dataset was aggregated by the Government Digital Service via the eu_open_data platform.

Use Cases

• Assessing habitat condition change over time based on the resurvey of established transects.
• Mapping biotope distributions on sedimentary flats as described in the survey.
• Establishing environmental baselines for conservation management based on the 2004 baseline mentioned.
• Monitoring potential deterioration of mudflat features as a primary survey aim.

Strengths

• Provides a temporal comparison point with a baseline established in 2004.
• Focuses on a specific, defined geographic feature: the mudflat within Loch Paible.
• Follows a structured monitoring approach using representative, relocatable transects.

Limitations

• Row count, column definitions, and file formats are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Last update date and license are unknown; data freshness and reuse terms are unverified.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and structure require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Site condition monitoring and biotope mapping via resurvey of two established transects.

Time Range

2015 (with baseline from 2004).

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown; data is from a 2015 survey.

Geography

Loch Paible, North Uist, Scotland.