Dover to Folkestone Marine Conservation Zone Macrofauna Survey, August 2016

August 2016 survey of macrofauna species counts and presence/absence from 42 grab samples collected at the Dover to Folkestone Marine Conservation Zone site. The data were collected for the Marine Conservation Zones Project funded by the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

Use Cases

• Analyzing species diversity and community composition based on counts and presence/absence data.
• Monitoring the ecological status of a designated Marine Conservation Zone.
• Assessing baseline biodiversity for environmental impact studies.
• Modeling species distribution in coastal habitats.

Strengths

• Data collection is temporally focused, covering a specific survey period from August 17 to 25, 2016.
• Spatial scope is clearly defined for the Dover to Folkestone Marine Conservation Zone site.
• Includes counts and presence/absence data for identified macrofauna species.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is 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), funded by the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

Collection Method

42 grab samples collected from the marine site.

Time Range

August 17-25, 2016

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Dover to Folkestone Marine Conservation Zone, UK.