Seabed and Shore Habitat Survey of Papa Stour, Shetland

A 1997 broad-scale survey of habitats and biota within the Papa Stour candidate Special Area of Conservation. The dataset was produced by ENTEC for the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and is hosted on the uk_data platform. It focuses on mapping the seabed and shore environments of a specific Shetland island location.

Use Cases

• Map coastal habitat types based on the broad-scale survey description
• Analyze seabed biota distribution for the Papa Stour cSAC
• Support marine conservation planning using the habitat and biota data
• Conduct spatial analysis of shore ecosystems in Shetland

Strengths

• Produced for the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, indicating an authoritative conservation context
• Focuses on a defined candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) in Shetland

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count and sample data are unavailable, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Collection Method

Broad scale survey and mapping conducted by ENTEC

Time Range

1997

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 09:45:53.930766; freshness should be verified

Geography

Papa Stour, Shetland