Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds Marine Conservation Zone Video Survey - 2014

2014 video footage from the Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ). The collection comprises 111 videos gathered for the Marine Conservation Zones Project funded by the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The data was aggregated by the Government Digital Service.

Use Cases

• Classify seabed habitats and substrate types based on the visual content of the videos.
• Monitor marine biodiversity and species presence within a designated conservation zone.
• Assess the physical condition and features of the chalk bed habitat for conservation planning.

Strengths

• Contains 111 distinct video observations.
• Data is tied to a specific, funded government project (DEFRA Marine Conservation Zones Project).

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

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), UK.

Collection Method

Video survey for the Marine Conservation Zones Project.

Time Range

2014

Freshness

Data is from 2014; last update is unknown.

Geography

Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds Marine Conservation Zone, UK.