Dover to Folkestone Marine Conservation Zone PSA Samples 2012

Four PSA samples collected in the Dover to Folkestone Marine Conservation Zone in 2012. The data were gathered for the Marine Conversation Zones Project, which was funded by the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The dataset is hosted by the Government Digital Service on the EU Open Data platform.

Use Cases

• Assessing baseline environmental conditions in a Marine Conservation Zone based on the PSA samples.
• Monitoring potential changes in the Dover to Folkestone coastal area based on the 2012 sampling.
• Informing marine conservation policy and management strategies based on the DEFRA-funded project data.

Strengths

• Data originates from a government-funded (DEFRA) conservation project.
• Samples are geospatially specific to the Dover to Folkestone Marine Conservation Zone.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service, UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Collection Method

Collected for the Marine Conversation Zones Project.

Time Range

2012

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Dover to Folkestone Marine Conservation Zone, UK