Bassurelle Sandbank SAC Monitoring Report 2017: Marine Habitat Survey

A 2017 monitoring report for the Bassurelle Sandbank Special Area of Conservation, a Marine Protected Area located 30 km south of the Dungeness peninsula in the Dover Strait. The report, informed by a Sentinel (Type 1) monitoring survey, describes the extent and distribution of the sandbank habitat and compares sediment and biological data to a 2013 verification survey. It was published by the Government Digital Service.

Use Cases

• Analyzing changes in sediment composition based on comparisons to the 2013 survey mentioned in the description
• Mapping the extent and distribution of a protected sandbank habitat based on the topographic and habitat data described
• Establishing a time series for marine protected area monitoring based on the ongoing data collection mentioned
• Comparing biological assemblages in a specific marine habitat over time based on the survey comparisons described

Strengths

• Report is based on a dedicated 2017 Sentinel monitoring survey, providing a specific data point.
• Includes a temporal comparison to a 2013 habitat verification survey, offering a baseline for change analysis.
• Focuses on a specific, geographically defined Marine Protected Area (30 km south of Dungeness peninsula).

Limitations

• Data is presented in a PDF report format, which may require extraction for computational analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

First Sentinel (Type 1) monitoring survey carried out in 2017.

Time Range

2017, with comparisons to 2013.

Freshness

Data is from a 2017 survey; last update date is unknown.

Geography

Bassurelle Sandbank SAC in the Dover Strait, Eastern English Channel.