MNCR Area Summaries: Marine Inlets in Eastern England

A Marine Nature Conservation Review dataset covers twelve marine inlets on the East Anglian and north Kent coasts. It integrates comparable data from other organizations to provide information on over 460 sites within these inlets. The data has been analyzed to classify the biotopes present and is split into two parts.

Use Cases

• Classifying marine biotopes based on integrated survey data from over 460 sites.
• Mapping habitat distributions within specific coastal inlets in eastern England.
• Comparing intertidal and subtidal survey data from diver and intertidal surveys.
• Translating habitat classifications to the EUNIS habitat framework for European conservation.

Strengths

• Contains information from over 460 surveyed sites, providing a detailed spatial sample.
• Integrates data from multiple organizations, likely increasing coverage and validation.
• Data is classified into biotopes and translated to the standardized EUNIS habitat system.

Limitations

• Column names and exact data structure are unknown, limiting precise understanding of content.
• Key metadata such as row count, file size, license, and author are missing from all sources.
• The dataset is split into two parts, requiring users to locate and combine both for completeness.

Provenance

Source

Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)

Collection Method

Data gathered via the Marine Nature Conservation Review programme, incorporating diver and intertidal surveys and comparable data from other organizations.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-04-14, though this may be a platform metadata update rather than a data revision.

Geography

Twelve marine inlets on the East Anglian and north Kent coasts (MNCR Sector 6).