Thirty-four area summaries detail the biotopes of coastal lagoons in Scotland's Shetland and Orkney islands. The data originates from field surveys conducted in 1993 and 1994 by the Marine Nature Conservation Review, with added comparable data from other organizations. The summaries were compiled and analyzed by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, resulting in a 1998 publication.
Use Cases
- Classify coastal lagoon biotopes based on field survey descriptions.
- Analyze the distribution of marine habitats in Shetland and Orkney based on area summaries.
- Compare historical lagoon ecology from the 1990s with contemporary survey data.
Strengths
- Summarizes data from 34 distinct lagoon areas across two island groups.
- Integrates field survey data from the MNCR with comparable data from other organizations.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, focusing only on Shetland and Orkney.
Provenance
- Source
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Collection Method
- Field surveys of shores and nearshore subtidal zones, supplemented with comparable data from other organizations.
- Time Range
- Surveys conducted in August 1993 and July 1994.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-14 09:47:41.025308; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- MNCR Sectors 1 & 2: Shetland Islands and Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK.